Dampf-Bahn-Club Sprockhövel
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184 mm (7¼ inches)
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| Line length | 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 127 mm (5 inches) and 184 mm (7¼ inches) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Dampf-Bahn-Club Sprockhövel has operated passenger transport on their ridable miniature railway with 127 mm (5 inches) and 184 mm (7¼ inches) gauge in Sprockhövel-Haßlinghausen in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany since 2004.[1]
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 400 metres (440 yd) long. The tracks are laid on a concrete foundation with a camber 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.[2][3]
The club regularly organizes public railway trips between April and September, which attracts mainly local families for leisure activities.[4]