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Eisenbahnwelten

Kurort Rathen, 11th August 2010

Reportage assembled: © Tomas Randysek

We visited small town Kurort Rathen during our holiday in the CzechSaxony Switzerland. There is a relatively extensive garden railway Eisenbahnwelten over by the river Elbe. About 4500 metres rails are on an area 5800 square metres onto which up to 30 trains go. Mr Lothar Hanish with his family and his co-workers built this garden railway from 2005. This site is next to main railway line Bad Schandau - Pirna - Dresden and so real trains go short way off the models.
Family admission fee is 15 EUR and we can move in the site all day. If you are tired, you can we use local restaurant service and watch operation from terrace.

Bilboard by the entrance into
Eisenbahnwelten.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

The main building wherein is
a central control, depot and
shop with garden railway models.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Pension and restaurant with
a terrace where you can have
some refreshment. Pension
offer accomodation, too only
for one night.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

A front part.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

A pavement into rear part.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

A rear part.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

A freight train pulled by two locomotives DB 101.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

A tram line.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

A passenger trains near small lake.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Next passenger train.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Local LCE Express.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

A circle viaduct which trains
overcome height difference.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Cascades on the model Elbe.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

River Elbe runs along
railway station Pirna.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Some buildings into the railway yard:

(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Railway traffic:

A depot wit operating
and out of operation trains.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

The main controller post.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Computer technology.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

On-line camera.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

There is the main railway line Bad Schandau - Dresden within an inch of garden railway.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

A rock-face of the CzechSaxony
Switzerland.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

If you will go in this region, you sure visit garden railway Eisenbahnwelten. The railway yard is really extensive. You see many interesting although modelling made way easy maintenance and functionality. You can see further information in German, English and Czech language on their web page www.eisenbahnwelten-rathen.de