Trains - Bavaria: Books - Rail Routes and Stations

Kleine bayerische Eisenbahngeschichte

This book describes the development of the railway network in the area of today's Free State of Bavaria. Starting with the first projects, with the Ludwigsbahn and other former private railways, the transition to the state railway system is explained, followed by the history of the Eastern Railways, the local, secondary and local railways. Tabular overviews summarize the route data.
The book does not end with the dissolution of the Bavarian State Railway in 1920, but also reports on the most important events of the Reichsbahn era and the Bundesbahn up to the present day.

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Mit Dampf durch Bayern - Farbbildraritäten aus dem Archiv Dr. Rolf Brüning (Band 3)

At the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s, steam locomotives were almost omnipresent on Bavaria's railways. Apart from the electrified routes, especially in Upper Bavaria, the black locomotives still dominated the scene, and diesel traction was still in its infancy.

Today it is hard to imagine the variety of the vehicle fleet around 1960: original Bavarian machines such as the S 3/6, the G ¾ or Gtl 4/4, even rack-and-pinion locomotives, as well as a large number of Prussian types such as the P 8, P 10, T 16 or T 18, not to mention large and small standard locomotives of the Reichsbahn - from the 01 to the 86.
Rolf Brüning has created a lasting monument to them in this illustrated book. His color photographs from the years 1957 to 1966 bring a long-forgotten era of the railway system back to life.

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Eisenbahnen in Bayern - Die Regionalstrecken

Im ehemaligen Königreich Bayern fuhr 1835 zwischen Nürnberg and Fürth nicht nur die erste öffentliche Eisenbahn, das Land betrieb auch schon recht früh den Bau untergeordneter Bahnstrecken, um abseits gelegene Regionen an die bedeutenden Bahnstrecken anzuschließen.

Der Autor and Fotograf Christoph Riedel erzählt die Geschichte dieser Bahnstrecken in drei Kapiteln: Franken, Oberpfalz and Niederbayern, Schwaben and Oberbayern. Exzellente Fotografien zeigen die Strecken and die faszinierenden bayerischen Landschaften.

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Eisenbahnen im Nürnberger Land - Die Strecken rechts der Pegnitz zwischen 1877 und 2018

From 1877, passenger and freight trains puffed through the idyllic valley of the Pegnitz from Nuremberg to Hersbruck and Neuhaus, via Schnabelwaid to Bayreuth, Marktredwitz, Hof and Neunkirchen, with connections to Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach. They transported goods, commuters, farmers and day-trippers.
Herbert Hieke documents the history of the railway lines to the right of the Pegnitz from the beginning to the present day with around 160 mostly unpublished images.

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Mit der Eisenbahn von Nürnberg nach Regensburg - Fahrzeuge, Strecken, Bahnhöfe

Around 150 historical photographs invite you to an entertaining and informative train journey from Nuremberg to Regensburg. Using mostly unpublished photographs, the reader visits outstanding structures along the route such as the Danube bridge near Kleinprüfening, the arched bridge near Ochenbruck and the Felstor tunnel near Etterzhausen and gets to know the vehicles and stations.
A must for all technology lovers and friends of the railway.

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Eisenbahnen in Niederbayern und der Oberpfalz

With this non-fiction book, Walther Zeitler presents a comprehensive history of the railways in Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate. The railway also marked the beginning of a new era in East Bavaria. The book not only describes how the individual railway lines were built, but also which battles were fought and how railway technology developed.

The book is just as interesting for railway enthusiasts as it is for local historians.

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Alpenbahnen

Travelling through the Alps by train - something that is taken for granted today - once required pioneering work in railway construction. Every single Alpine railway - from the Semmering Railway in the east to the Tenda Railway in the west - is considered a technical masterpiece.

This illustrated book shows trains in the wild nature of the Alps between rugged high mountains, glittering Swiss glaciers and the French Maritime Alps. On spectacular routes, dizzyingly high bridges and viaducts, technology and history meet the majestic mountain world - a unique combination!

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