Jahnsbach Truer than life

In this article, we discover Jahnsbach, a small station on the Saxon narrow gauge network. The station stood on the Thum – Meinersdorf line, which no longer exists. Jens Petermann has resurrected it in 1/87 scale on 9mm gauge track.

Text and illustrations: François Fontana

The period modelled is the 1970s, the former railways of the ertswhile Saxon kingdom are now managed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR). Closure of unprofitable lines is planned, but oil supplies from the Soviet Union are unpredictable, delaying such closures somewhat. 75cm gauge railways are on a suspended sentence. The old IV K classs steam locomotives have been overhauled and some even completely rebuilt. The large and modern 2-10-2s, recently delivered, are in charge of heavy traffic, while the small number of passengers is handled by comfortable and fast railcars. Goods traffic, which is predominant, mainly spinning and paper products, calls on carrier trucks, avoiding the endless transshipment operations in exchange stations with the standard gauge network. Many enthusiasts have come to photograph the last trains on a line that…

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