Open Monument Day on September 11th, 2022
- Written by Detlef Zirpel
The "Society for the Preservation of the Wiehl Valley Railway (Förderkreis zur Rettung der Wiehltalbahn e.V.)" welcomed about 100 visitors to its premises at Waldbröl railway station on the "Open Monument Day" on September 11th, 2022. A photo exhibition on the subject of the Wiehl Valley Railway and the former Waldbröl state railway station provided plenty to talk about among the visitors.
Nearly 50,000 tonnes of beetle wood shipped from Osberghausen in 2021
- Written by Detlef Zirpel
In 2021, a total of 40 trains were loaded at the loading ramp of the Wiehl Valley Railway in Osberghausen (we reported) with a tonnage of almost 50,000 tonnes of timber and transported away. Thus, the Wiehl Valley Railway has made a ...
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Spectacular assistance mission of the steam locomotive 'Waldbröl'
- Written by Detlef Zirpel
On Monday, August 16th, 2021, steam locomotive 'Waldbröl' was used at Osberghausen station in a much-noticed and much-photographed operation.
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Rehabilitation of the Bielstein bridge largely completed
- Written by Detlef Zirpel
It was done just in time for the end of the year: The repair of the Bielstein railway bridge (bridge structure 2264 - "Zunft-Brücke"), which was severely damaged by arson in the summer of 2020, is largely complete!
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The timber transports are rolling
- Written by Detlef Zirpel
Early on Monday morning, April 26th, 2021, around 06:00 a.m., the loading of freight wagons with Oberberg 'beetle wood' began in Engelskirchen-Osberghausen.
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