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  This year, the Wiehl Valley Railway will again take part in the nationwide Open Monument Day. The Wiehl Valley Railway line and its buildings are completely listed. This makes the Wiehl Valley Railway probably the "longest" monument in the Upper Berg (Oberberg) district.

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 The Wiehlpark of the future will have a strong magnetic effect on families after the conversion (2021 to 2023) - even stronger than before. This is the promise of the project sponsor - the town of Wiehl.

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 Much to the delight of the many children who attended, the time had finally come again on Easter Sunday after more than 3 years of abstinence: The first steam train ran again on the Wiehltalbahn in bright weather - and had little surprises from the Easter Bunny on board for the children, who were very happy about it.

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 After 3 years (a "felt eternity"), in which no operation was possible on the Wiehl valley railway due to the Corona pandemic and the bridge fire in Bielstein, it was finally time today: The reopening of the line was on the agenda.

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 At Easter, the steam train of the "Bergischer Löwe" finally is to steam over the Wiehl Valley Railway between Engelskirchen-Osberghausen and Wiehl again after the corona pandemic and the Bielstein bridge closure. For some time now, the active members of the Förderkreis zur Rettung der Wiehltalbahn e.V. have therefore been working on the line. Now, there was the unusual use of a two-way suction vehicle on the Wiehltalbahn.

  1. Rehabilitation of the small trolley Skl 53
  2. Timber loading at Osberghausen station
  3. Rehabilitation of the railway bridge over the Wiehl in Bielstein
  4. New feasibility study on the reactivation of the Wiehl Valley Railway - actual state of affairs