Scenic route
Preßnitztalbahn
Steinbach → Jöhstadt · Germany
- Distance
- 9 km
- Fastest time
- 35 min
- Top speed
- 25 km/h
- Operator
- IG Preßnitztalbahn
- Train
- Saxon IV K steam · 750 mm
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1892
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Torn up in 1986, relaid 1992–2000 by volunteers: Saxon IV K tanks once more steam the upper Preßnitz valley from Steinbach to Jöhstadt on weekends through the year.
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