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UNKELBACHER TAL BAHN

-UNKELBACH VALLEY RAILWAY-

a 600mm-narrow-gauge railway
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...When I was 11 years old (1967) my parents took me for an excursion to the castle "Olbrueck"*. For renovation, there was a little tipcart. I rode a few times on it`s short track...
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...In 1991 I needed some timber for our house in Remagen-Unkelbach. At Meckenheim (Rhineland) there was a sawmill that still used tipcarts. They only sold me the timber but not any railway-supplies. But fortunately next door there was a brick-factory they just closed. There I could buy enough material for a little railway arround the house.
As a beginner I did`nt know how to bend rails. After very many trials I did it with an 8-ton car-jack successfully.
The ground arround our house is very small, so I put the tracks mostly into the ways .
So the UNKELBACHER TAL BAHN helps us to transport coal and timber, not to forget heavy shoppings and luggage. We also take rides "just for fun".
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In Internet Thomas W. H. Koppermann from Hamburg made a first presentation in 1999 on his "Feldbahn-Fan.de"*
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And that`s my neighbours`comment: " Sometimes it sounds as an earthquake, sometimes you can feel the vibrations." A lady aked for the railway`s mine-entrance.
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I hope you enjoy the pages of the
UNKELBACHER TAL BAHN.

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UNKELBACHER TAL BAHN
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Vorstellung / introducion	Aktionen / actions	Plan / map	Gallerie
Fahrzeuge / rolling stock	Schienen / rails	Feldbahntreffen / meetings	Besuche / visits

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