1st Advent trip with diesel locomotive

In 1990, an invitation to tour the region between Leipzig and Altenburg would have sounded like a bad joke. The area south of Leipzig and the neighbouring Altenburger Land was a centre of the GDR's lignite, energy and carbochemical industry. Smoking chimneys, dirty industrial areas and industrial railway operations that left unmistakable traces shaped the landscape.

Most of the old lignite industry facilities disappeared from the landscape with German reunification and the structural change in industry over the last decade. Operations on the industrial and siding railways in the Borna-Meuselwitz mining district also came to a complete standstill.

However, the end of the mining railways also brought together very different people, united in their wish to preserve mining traditions and to keep the once important means of transport of the lignite industry running as a museum and heritage railway.

Since then, thousands of people have enjoyed the shuttle service through an attractive post-mining landscape between Kammerforst and Auenholz, linking the small Thuringian town of Meuselwitz and Regis-Breitingen in Saxony, travelling in open wagons or in the stylishly furnished saloon car.

The association invites you on a Sunday trip with the museum trains in the footsteps of the lignite industry.

Location

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Timetable

Extract from the 2026 timetable:

Fares

Extract from the fare table, including steam supplement:
 

Free travel for children up to 3. Supplement for bicycle/dog: 2,00 €,