Germany - June /6/1969 BELGIUM. ?, Tiernan Saw standard gauge 0-4-0D at a works just east of Tiernan, with a line crossing the road.

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1 Germany - June 1969 Locomotive builder abbreviations JW m b = Jenbacher Werke AG., Jenbach, Austria. = builders number found on the motion. = builders number found on the boiler. Locomotive information written in italics is from other sources (previous visits, other visitors, etc.), and was not obtained during these visits. 15/6/1969 BELGIUM?, Tiernan Saw standard gauge at a works just east of Tiernan, with a line crossing the road. WEST GERMANY Rheinische Braunkohlenwerke AG, Eschweiler No.109 was seen at a pit just west of üren, on the north side of the road to Eschweiler & 1113 were seen west of Kraftwerk Weisweiler. 900mm 109 Bo-BoE 1108 Bo-Bo-BoE Krupp 3381 AEG ps 120t 1113 Bo-Bo-BoE Krupp 3677 SSW ps 120t Franco-Gobain Glaswerk, Stolberg St.Gobain 0-6-0WT Hano IS 0-4-0M Ruhr /6/1969 Stolberg Ziegelei Essen, Hamm, near Essen-Kupferdreh The line crossed the road to a small pit, with a cable-worked incline down to a lower level. 4wM eutz c1952 OOU 4wM eutz c1952 4wM eutz c1952 sm 4wM eutz OOU Städtische Werke Essen, Trinkwasser Gewinnungsanlage, Essen-Uberruhr? 2-3 small locos. B.Rumary, 25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Nr.Bath, BA3 4TH, ENGLAN

2 Visit to Page 2 August 199?, water works, Sundern gauge system, with lots of wagons, but no sign of any locos. Stone quarries, Wulfrath The eastern quarry was closed and flooded, and being used to dump earth. There were signs of and 900mm here. The quarries on the north-east side were also closed and flooded. Klinkerwerk Hochdahl KG., Hochdahl There is an incline down into the pit, and the loco works from there to the digger. 500mm 4wM Strüver Kuli Otto Liefhen Sandworks, Erkrath Small 500mm gauge hand-worked line from the sand pit to a steel road-side loading trestle. It was closed and there was no sign of any locos having been here. Spielplatz, üsseldorf-gerresheim FERINAN HEYE 0-4-0WT Hohen Formsandgrube Liethen, Sand pits, west of Velbert Nelskamp, Ziegelei Bertscheid 0-4-0M eutz Mannesmann AG, Hüttenwerke Huckingen, uisburg 4wM Jung 5842 OOU 0-4-0M emag 1938? OOU 4wM Jung wM OK Bo-Bo eutz G1000BBM 736kw 02 Bo-Bo eutz G1000BBM 736kw 03 Bo-Bo eutz G1000BBM 736kw 04 Bo-Bo eutz G1000BBM 736kw 24 4w OK MV9 28t 32 6 MaK Krupp Krupp w eutz/jw MG500C 397kw 63 6w eutz/jw MG500C 397kw 65 6w eutz MG450C 397kw 71 4w E.Berninghaus, uisburg 0-4-0

3 Visit to Page 3 August 199 Maizena, Krefeld 4w 21/6/1969 Bahnhof Hofermühle There was a small contractors line in use here, with a 4w and some skips. There was also signs of a railway into an old quarry east of the station road crossing, with a loco shed still standing. Beckedahl ohg, Sand und Kies, Bottrop This system was mostly 900mm gauge, with some gauge at the southern end. There were at least 4 steam diggers here in the pits, but all the locos were locked away. Thyssen Röhrenwerke, Mülheim /6/1969?, waterworks, Altendorf A lot of track, but no locos were in sight. Ruhrkohle AG, Zeche Hannover, Wanne-Eickel F Krupp Rheinbrik. 21 ZECHE HANNOVER 0-8-0T Krupp Bergbau 25 HANNIBAL 0-8-0T Krupp T Rheinstahl Hüttenwerke, Henrichshütte, Hattingen /6/1969 Ruhrkohle AG, Zeche Hannover, Wanne-Eickel 31 ZECHE HANNIBAL 0-8-0T Hohen Heerlen 6w Ziegelei, Hordel, Wanne-Eickel 4wM Schöma Hüttenwerke Oberhausen AG, Oberhausen Essl 501 4w

4 Visit to Page 4 August /6/1969 Basalt AG, Linz/Rhein Railway closed ( mm?) Gettenberg quarries Railway closed (790mm?) Hassell & Jurgens Basaltwerk, achsberg Closed. Rheinische Provinzial Basaltwerke GmbH., Jungfernhof Railway closed. There was an old loco shed, dated /6/1969 H.J.Braun Tonbergbau, Witterschlick There was an extensive system of narrow gauge lines here, linking various pits and works, as well as three shaft mines on the southern side of the valley. I went down the south-east mine, which was 25m deep, and was worked by three men - two below and one at the surface. The loco VI was used underground here. I was told that there were steam locos here until w Schöma w Schöma 4w iema S 16 4w iema? 1821? 1955 S16/20 30ps Rep 4wM OK MV0 2.9t OOU 0-4-0M (eutz 49877?) VI 4wBE SSW /6/1969 Union Kraftstoff, Wesseling UK F Krupp 2626? 1952 UK F Jung Rheinische Braunkohlenwerke AG, Knapsack? There was also one standard gauge fireless loco out of use in the works. 1435mm 479 6w eutz MG530C 481 6w eutz MG530C 900mm ? OK MV9 OOU ? OK MV9 OOU 229 Bo-BoE KM/BBC OOU

5 Visit to Page 5 August ? 4wE Schalke BBC kw 75t 273 4wE Hen SSW kw 27t OOU 826 4wR* FKF GE 841 4wR* Robel 1962 R Bo-BoE KM BBC ps 72t 1018 Bo-BoE KM BBC kw 75t 1036 Bo-BoE Hen SSW kw 75t 1042 Bo-BoE Hen SSW kw 75t 1043 Bo-BoE Hen SSW kw 75t 1045 Bo-BoE Hen SSW kw 75t 1093 Bo-BoE Hen BBC t OOU * Tower wagon. EGUSSA, Kalscheuren There was a standard gauge steam loco in the shed. 27/6/1969 Rheinische Braunkohlenwerke AG, üren 1033 Bo-BoE Hen SSW kw 75t EBV, Grube Anna, Alsdorf ANNA N T Krupp Bergbau Nr T Krupp Hannibal 0-4-0M