The break at Grand Soldat then leaves (ample) time to watch a small film on a screen installed in an old sawmill, which explains the logging of the massif at the time, and to observe the maneuvers of the locomotive. With the sound of the steam locomotive, you quickly feel transported to another era! The railroad track goes through the forest, it’s really a beautiful walk. The train runs at about 15km/h in the forest along the Red Saar. The total activity lasts 1h30: about 30 minutes to go, 30 minutes break at Grand Soldat and 30 minutes back. The departure is from the forest train station in Abreschviller and the arrival is at the place called Grand Soldat, 6km away. ![]() A beautiful story for this train which allows to discover a part of the past of the massif! Let’s go for a steam train ride! Since then, locomotives and cars have been purchased and restored and stations built at the departure and terminus. However, the option was quickly taken to keep a part of the line, the 6 km linking Abreschviller to Grand Soldat, to create a tourist train, which was done in 1968. Both the tracks and the trains were worn out and would have required huge investments to restore them to good condition: it was therefore decided to abandon this railway for logging. The first steam trains were put into circulation in 1892 and the railroads were extended and used until 1966. These areas were previously little exploited because of the scarcity of communication routes to transport the felled wood: the decision was then taken to build a railroad instead of roads. The construction of the Abreschviller forestry railroad dates back to 1884, when Alsace-Moselle was German, and meets the need to exploit the forests of the Donon Massif. ![]() History of the forestry train of Abreschviller The steam train allows a nice trip back in time by discovering what was one of the most important forest railroads in Europe. We are here in the Country of Sarrebourg in Moselle. The train of Abreschviller, here is an idea of a nice activity to do with the family which is located in our Lorraine neighbors, only 30 km from the border with Alsace.
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