The Dampf-Bahn-Club Sprockhövel operates since 2004 passenger transport on their

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with 127 mm (5 inches) and 184 mm (7¼ inches) gauge in

Sprockhövel Sprockhövel is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Sprockhövel is located in the southern suburban part of the Ruhr area. It is 6 km southeast of Hattingen, 8 km northwest of Gevelsbe ...

- Haßlinghausen in

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Location

The rail track is located in the immediate vicinity of the former railway line Schee-Silschede, which is now used as a bicycle trail and is part of the Von-Ruhr-zur-Ruhr-Radweg.

Route

The route, which runs in two partly winding circles over an area of about one hectare, is about long. The tracks are laid on a concrete foundation with a

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in the bends. This is a complex construction, which is rare in garden railways, as the tracks are usually laid as in the raw-model in a ballast bed. With financial support from a local foundation, the association succeeded in 2017 to build a steel bridge, which is also used as a track underpass. The club regularly organizes public driving days between April and September, which attracts mainly local families for leisure activities.

Rolling stock

Most of the locomotive models are privately owned. These are driven by real steam or by electric motors that obtain their energy from accumulators . The scales of the vehicles vary between 1: 8 and 1: 3. Some locomotives were built in-house.

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