After World War II Narrow-gauge railways in Saxony



steam locomotive 99 561 of pressnitz valley railway in niederschmiedeberg


after unconditional surrender of germany on may 8, 1945, operations of saxon narrow-gauge railways started in relative short time. problems caused relatively desolate condition of rolling stock, compounded largely destroyed ausbesserungswerk in chemnitz no longer being in position repair narrow-gauge locomotives. example, caused service of schwarzbach railway interrupted whenever operational locomotive in need of repair. situation grew worse part of more modern , powerful rolling stock had surrendered soviet union war reparations. 2 railways in upper lusatia, herrnhut–bernstadt railway , taubenheim–dürrhennersdorf railway, dismantled in 1945 , – war reparations – shipped east. in addition, traffic increased enormously railways in ore mountains when sdag wismut started mining uranium , thousands of miners required transportation on shift change.


overall, transport volume still below levels of 1930s, because of lack of locomotives. in may 1947, 467 out of total of 521 passenger cars parked , not needed. changed after new neubaulokomotive dr class 99.77-79 put service in 1953, , transport volume reached 1930s levels again. not last long, history repeated when newly created bus services again drew passengers railway. trucks did same cargo volume.







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