The Drachenfelsbahn steam locomotive "2" as a memorial at the valley station of the rack railway up the Siebengebirge (Drachenfels ruins). The 1.520 metre-long route climbs 220 metres in altitude, with a maximum gradient of 20 percent. The Drachenfelsbahn is one of the busiest cogwheel railways in Europe, carrying more than 35 million passengers by 2008.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The Drachenfelsbahn, which takes visitors from the valley station in Königswinter (on the Rhine, Rhine-Sieg district) up to the famous Drachenfels ruins in the Siebengebirge mountains, is the oldest operating cog railway in Germany.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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