Hespertalbahn

Al:

The narrow horse-drawn tramway has long been inadequate to connect the Phoenix smelter with the Pörtingsiepen mine and the cement factory and to transport the material. A proper railroad from Kupferdreh to the quarries and ore mines would be appropriate. This would kill several birds with one stone. And I suggest taking a break at the idyllically situated Haus Scheppen!

The "Steel Time Travelers" Luise & Alfred: Hespertalbahn


Visitor information

Address:
Hespertalbahn am Baldeneysee
Prinz-Friedrich-Platz 3
45257 Essen
Phone. 0201/80091330
info@hespertalbahn.de
www.hespertalbahn.de

Private rail passenger service at Lake Baldeney - Pörtingsiepen (1968)

Short description (film without sound)

The train connection between Essen-Kupferdreh station and Pörtingsiepen colliery was an important means of transportation for many miners. The film shows the Pörtingsiepen colliery, Lake Baldeney and in Kupferdreh buildings of the disused Prinz Friedrich colliery. On the way back, Haus Scheppen can be seen, today a popular motorcycle meeting place.

The Hespertalbahn through the ages

Ruhrtalbahn




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The expanding network of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahngesellschaft (Bergisch-Mark Railway Company) from the 1870s onwards makes it possible to travel by train along the Ruhr from source to mouth. A particular success comes with the middle section between Düsseldorf and Hagen. It connects the huge limestone deposits east of Ratingen with the Ruhr area and also provides access to all those industries that previously had to rely on Ruhr shipping only. The opening of the complete track in 1874 immediately puts an end to river transport, while the railway gains profitable market opportunities. As a result, Bochum-Dahlhausen becomes a hub for coal transport with its own railway depot …

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Muttenthalbahn




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"Theresia Colliery", what a sonorous name. But first "Zeche Nachtigall" - I'm delighted! That doesn't fit in at all with the hard, dirty miner's business. But imagination and inventive spirit really took hold here. Railroad pioneer Friedrich Harkort himself built the Muttenthalbahn to transport coal with trolleys. I've heard that it's one of the oldest and most important mine railroads of all - isn't it, Alfred?

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Hespertalbahn




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The narrow horse-drawn tramway has long since been insufficient to connect the Phoenix smelter with the Pörtingsiepen mine and the cement factory and to transport the material. A proper railroad from Kupferdreh to the quarries and ore mines would be appropriate. This would kill several birds with one stone. And I suggest taking a break at the idyllically situated Haus Scheppen!

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