Steam trains

October 7, 2018 By Leave a Comment

DampflokThe Dampfbahnclub-Taunus e.V. steam railway in Oberursel will be open to the public on Sunday, 14th October, 2018 between 10am and 5pm.

Located at the end of the Mainstraße, to get there, either leave the A661/B455 at “Oberursel-Nord” towards Oberursel, then take the first turning right into the Dornbachstraße. The Mainstraße is on the right-hand side.

By U-Bahn, take the U3 to Lahnstraße and cross the road before turning left into the Dornbachstraße.

Entry costs €2 for adults and €1 for children.  Tickets cost €1 each, with children receiving their first ticket on entry.

Links

DBC-Taunus e.V. Homepage

An interview with Matthias Zundel, Chairman

A record number of visitors on the last day of the steam trains

Oberursel will soon have a steam railway again

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Steam trains

September 2, 2018 By Leave a Comment

DampflokThe Dampfbahnclub-Taunus e.V. steam railway in Oberursel will be open to the public on Sunday, 9th September, 2018 between 10am and 5pm.

Located at the end of the Mainstraße, to get there, either leave the A661/B455 at “Oberursel-Nord” towards Oberursel, then take the first turning right into the Dornbachstraße. The Mainstraße is on the right-hand side.

By U-Bahn, take the U3 to Lahnstraße and cross the road before turning left into the Dornbachstraße.

Entry costs €2 for adults and €1 for children.  Tickets cost €1 each, with children receiving their first ticket on entry.

Links

DBC-Taunus e.V. Homepage

An interview with Matthias Zundel, Chairman

A record number of visitors on the last day of the steam trains

Oberursel will soon have a steam railway again

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Steam trains

August 5, 2018 By Leave a Comment

DampflokThe Dampfbahnclub-Taunus e.V. steam railway in Oberursel will be open to the public on Sunday, 12th August, 2018 between 10am and 5pm.

Located at the end of the Mainstraße, to get there, either leave the A661/B455 at “Oberursel-Nord” towards Oberursel, then take the first turning right into the Dornbachstraße. The Mainstraße is on the right-hand side.

By U-Bahn, take the U3 to Lahnstraße and cross the road before turning left into the Dornbachstraße.

Entry costs €2 for adults and €1 for children.  Tickets cost €1 each, with children receiving their first ticket on entry.

Links

DBC-Taunus e.V. Homepage

An interview with Matthias Zundel, Chairman

A record number of visitors on the last day of the steam trains

Oberursel will soon have a steam railway again

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Steam trains

July 1, 2018 By Leave a Comment

DampflokThe Dampfbahnclub-Taunus e.V. steam railway in Oberursel will be open to the public on Sunday, 8th July, 2018 between 10am and 5pm.

Located at the end of the Mainstraße, to get there, either leave the A661/B455 at “Oberursel-Nord” towards Oberursel, then take the first turning right into the Dornbachstraße. The Mainstraße is on the right-hand side.

By U-Bahn, take the U3 to Lahnstraße and cross the road before turning left into the Dornbachstraße.

Entry costs €2 for adults and €1 for children.  Tickets cost €1 each, with children receiving their first ticket on entry.

Links

DBC-Taunus e.V. Homepage

An interview with Matthias Zundel, Chairman

A record number of visitors on the last day of the steam trains

Oberursel will soon have a steam railway again

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Steam trains

June 3, 2018 By Leave a Comment

DampflokThe Dampfbahnclub-Taunus e.V. steam railway in Oberursel will be open to the public on Sunday, 10th June, 2018 between 10am and 5pm.

Located at the end of the Mainstraße, to get there, either leave the A661/B455 at “Oberursel-Nord” towards Oberursel, then take the first turning right into the Dornbachstraße. The Mainstraße is on the right-hand side.

By U-Bahn, take the U3 to Lahnstraße and cross the road before turning left into the Dornbachstraße.

Entry costs €2 for adults and €1 for children.  Tickets cost €1 each, with children receiving their first ticket on entry.

Links

DBC-Taunus e.V. Homepage

An interview with Matthias Zundel, Chairman

A record number of visitors on the last day of the steam trains

Oberursel will soon have a steam railway again

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Steam trains

May 7, 2018 By Leave a Comment

DampflokThe Dampfbahnclub-Taunus e.V. steam railway in Oberursel will be open to the public for the first time on their new premises on Sunday, 13th May, 2018 between 10am and 5pm.

Located at the end of the Mainstraße, to get there, either leave the A661/B455 at “Oberursel-Nord” towards Oberursel, then take the first turning right into the Dornbachstraße. The Mainstraße is on the right-hand side.

By U-Bahn, take the U3 to Lahnstraße and cross the road before turning left into the Dornbachstraße.

Links

DBC-Taunus e.V. Homepage

An interview with Matthias Zundel, Chairman

A record number of visitors on the last day of the steam trains

Oberursel will soon have a steam railway again

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Oberursel will soon have a steam railway again

October 8, 2017 By 1 Comment

It was three years ago, on 12th October, 2014, that the last train rolled over the tracks of the miniature railway belonging to the Dampfbahnclub Taunus in the Mainstraße.  After that day the tracks, buildings and other fixtures of the old layout were taken up and removed, work that took a whole year to complete.

After that workers from the local authority (Hochtaunuskreis) arrived and started the groundwork for the new railway.  They laid the foundations according to a plan that members of the club had designed.  In October 2015 the tunnel was installed and the club members moved the railway shed to its new location.

Come January 2016 the club was back on its own and started to build the new layout.  Not only did that have to do everything themselves, they had to make most of it as well as almost none of the elements from the old layout – including the tracks – could be re-used and had to be replaced. [Read more…]

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A record number of visitors on the last day of the steam trains

October 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment

The members of the steam train club (Dampfbahnclub Taunus) in the Mainstraße were not expecting quite so many visitors to turn up last Sunday, 12th October, 2014.  After all, a lot of the tracks had already been lifted along with the bridge, turntable and model railway.  But on the other hand it was the last chance to take a ride behind one of the miniature steam trains, before the area is cleared to make way for a new school building.

In total there were around 900 adults and 350 children at the last day of the saison, known as the “Abdampfen”, and for the first time in the history of the railway they had to go out during the day and stock up on charcoal for the barbeque.

The visitors had to wait more patiently than usual, with waiting times of up to 15 minutes not unusual despite them having 4 trains running. [Read more…]

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Steam trains

October 5, 2014 By Leave a Comment

DampflokThe Dampfbahnclub-Taunus e.V. steam railway in Oberursel will be open to the public for the last time on their current premises on Sunday, 12th October, 2014 between 10am and 5pm.

Located at the end of the Mainstraße, entry costs €1,50 for adults and €0,50 for children. Children receive one ticket to go on the trains in the entry price, additional tickets are €0,50 each.

To get there, either leave the A661/B455 at “Oberursel-Nord” towards Oberursel, then take the first turning right into the Dornbachstraße. The Mainstraße is on the right-hand side.

By U-Bahn, take the U3 to Lahnstraße and cross the road before turning left into the Dornbachstraße.

Links

DBC-Taunus e.V. Homepage

An interview with Matthias Zundel, Chairman

A last chance to ride behind the steam trains

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A last chance to ride behind the steam trains

September 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment

There has been a lot going on at the miniature railway in the Mainstraße, run by the “Dampfbahnclub Taunus”, with the club getting ready for their big move.  They have to vacate the land at the end of the current season to make way for a new school building.

They already dismantled their model railway after it ran for the last time in July, the turntable at the station has been removed and in two weeks the 5″ inner circle will be taken up.  After that, just the 7¼” and 5″ outer circle will remain for the last day of steam on 12th October, 2014.

For a while the club was uncertain as to whether they could even run on the last year, but last week at the penultimate public steam day operations manager Hans Kabbe insisted “we’ll be running!”  Those interested in the future of the club will not only be able to take a last ride around the grounds but also find out more about what is planned for the new site by way of the plan and the model that will be on display.

Operations manager Hans Kabbe (left) and Tobias Weber explaining the the plans for the new site to Manfred Kunz (right), who was at the opening of the current grounds in 1979.

Operations manager Hans Kabbe (left) and Tobias Weber explaining the the plans for the new site to Manfred Kunz (right), who was at the opening of the current grounds in 1979.

This article appeared in German on 18th September, 2014 in the Oberurseler Woche.

You may also like to listen to our 2007 podcast “Visiting the trains” where we first interviewed the chairman, Matthias Zundel, about the club.

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