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Torfwerk Carl Hornung - Quickborn

A very busy peat works shipping all kinds of finished product. Very active railway with modern and well-kept equipment and trackage.
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One of the active loading areas. Hiking trails and overlooks make the Himmelmoor an attractive area. On weekends, tourist trains are run on the railway.
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One of the active loading areas. Hiking trails and overlooks make the Himmelmoor an attractive area. On weekends, tourist trains are run on the railway.

QuickbornVechtamoortorfbahn

  • The unloading shed, receiving yard, and an unusual three-way turnout.
  • The bog around the works is littered with artifacts from decades gone past, such as this rickety bridge overgrown with trees.
  • The discarded superstructure of a peat rack has been lifted up by trees growing through it.
  • A peated-out and flooded area with angry waves in a gale-force wind.
  • One of the active loading areas. Hiking trails and overlooks make the Himmelmoor an attractive area. On weekends, tourist trains are run on the railway.
  • A trainload of peat is en route to the works.
  • A trainload of peat is en route to the works, pushed by a very modern engine.
  • The unloading shed and long strings of peat racks waiting.
  • The car dumper is busy unloading racks gravity-fed into it.
  • The truck loading area.
  • A rack being dumped in the shed. The white channel covers a chain pulley used to pull the racks out of the dumper after unloading.
  • Detail view of the locomotive with a string of racks waiting to be unloaded. A number of white industrial-size peat bales stand ready to be shipped in the background.
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