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Oberau Tunnel
The Oberau Tunnel (''Oberauer Tunnel'') was the second railway tunnel in Germany after a railway tunnel on the Tollwitz–Dürrenberg Railway (''Tollwitz-Dürrenberger Eisenbahn'', a Narrow-gauge railway, 585 mm gauge mining railway), but it was the first tunnel of a normal railway on the continent of Europe. It was driven between 1837 and 1839 on the Leipzig–Dresden railway by Freiberg miners and opened out in 1933/1934. Today only an obelisk commemorates this milestone in History of rail transport in Germany, German railway history. History Although the Leipzig–Dresden railway ran over the fairly flat terrain of northern Saxony, the northern slopes of the Dresden Basin meant that a tunnel was required because at that time it was believed that trains on major railways could not climb significant slopes. Similarly, the Berlin-Dresden railway, which was built half a century later, partly running parallel with it, has its steepest gradients in this area. More than 500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxonia Museum Fuer Saechsische Vaterlandskunde V 55 Der Eisenbahntunnel Bei Oberau
Saxonia may refer to: * Latin for Saxony * Saxonia (locomotive), first locomotive built in Germany in 1838 * British Rail Class 40 diesel locomotive D229, built by English Electric at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire * , more than one passenger ship of the Cunard Line * The Saxonia Guest House in Somerset, England, featured on the show ''The Hotel Inspector'' See also * Saxon (other) * Saxony (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
