Klammbachwaldbahn
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The Klammbachwaldbahn was a narrow-gauge forest railway
serving the forestry industry in the forests northeast of Achenkirch
in Austria
. The railway was approximately six kilometres long and ran from Weitgries into the forest nearby. The railway also operated an incline to assist in moving forest products. The railway was built in the First World War by prisoners of war and operated to around 1960.
Forest railway
A forest railway, logging railway or logging railroad is a mode of railway transport which is used for forestry tasks, primarily the transportation of felled logs to sawmills or railway stations.- History :...
serving the forestry industry in the forests northeast of Achenkirch
Achenkirch
Achenkirch is a municipality in the Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria. It is located at the northern end of Lake Achensee....
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. The railway was approximately six kilometres long and ran from Weitgries into the forest nearby. The railway also operated an incline to assist in moving forest products. The railway was built in the First World War by prisoners of war and operated to around 1960.