Sauschwaenzle (Pig Tail) railway

Webcam at the Zollhaus-Blumberg train station

Sauschwaenzle railway - Zollhaus-Blumberg station

Sauschwaenzle railway - Blumberg station


Sauschwaenzle railway

Sauschwaenzle railway:
1890 opened as part of the strategic railway from Ulm to Mulhouse, intended to transport troops to Alsace without crossing Swiss territory
1953-55 Introduction of the rail-road bus
1955 route closed for passenger trains
1962-65 General refurbishment of the route by the NATO
1976 route closed to all trains
1977 route reopened for museum trains
2014 museum services provided by Blumberg rail operations


Sauschwaenzle railway

Sauschwaenzle railway - Biesenbach Bridge

Sauschwaenzle railway - Epfenhofen Bridge

Sauschwaenzle railway - Fützen Bridge

Three large bridges characterise the northern section of the Sauschwaenzle railway, followed by a number of tunnels, one of them a spiral tunnel.

Sauschwaenzle railway - Little Stockhalde tunnel

Sauschwaenzle railway - Wutach Bridge

Sauschwaenzle railway - Weiler tunnel

Sauschwaenzle railway - Weizen station

Sauschwaenzle railway - Steam engine 93 1360

Sauschwaenzle railway between Blumberg and Weizen