This is the third in the series of 'Feldbahnen' videos, covering 5 areas of Germany; North, West, Central, South, and East. The series covers a total of 40 to 50 industrial narrow gauge railways still operating since 1997, and in many cases still running into the year 2005.

To start the video, the Schöma, Diema and Gemeinder locos of Berumerfehn are seen at work. Brief scenes are seen at the abandonned peatworks at Heinschenwalde, Wiesmoor and Mullberg. Moving to the peatworks at Brockzetel, this works was operational when visited but no rail traffic was filmed, and the works closed down a short time after the visit. Operating footage of the picturesque railway at Klenkendorf is featured with two of the Diema locos dating back to the 1930s. Brief visits are paid to two railways perviously linked together at Hagen, a peatworks and a brickworks. At Westerholt another brickworks uses a 600mm gauge line connecting a small network of clay pits and the video follows trips to a couple of the pits. Two coastal railways are seen with non operatinal footage at Dagebüll and short footage at Cecilienkoog. The now closed peat railway at Stapelermoor is seen working, using double flanged rolling stock. it had several very old Schöma and Gmeinder locos. Friedrich Meiners have another site at Gnarrenburg. This is the largest railway featured, and operations are seen on the tipping station out on the edge of the moors with an O&K loco in use as well as several Diemas 

A DVD looking at variety of Hungarian narrow gauge railways, a state operated MAV line, some AEV forestry lines, and some industrial narrow gauge lines.

A DVD looking at variety of Hungarian narrow gauge railways, a state operated former agriculture line, some ex-forestry lines, and some industrial narrow gauge railways.

This DVD features 4 600mm gauge railways all serving the same area of moorland called Westermoor in north west Germany. To reach the moors each railway runs for sometimes several kilometers along the roadside using a mixture of Diema and Schöma locos to transport the peat. Many changes have occurred to these railways in recent years, with one railway being taken up, and another cut back, but many of the scenes featured can still be seen today. Much of the footage was taken in 2003 and 2006, but several views are seen of these railways over 10 years ago.

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As could be expected from a country as diverse as Austria, the lines featured on this DVD vary greatly, in terms of the gauge, the different types of loco featured, as well as the types of industry they once served. Even today a number of these lines shown still continue to operate.

Includes the remarkable narrow gauge line which still serves an old peoples' home in suburban Vienna.

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Narrow gauge railways were used extensively in the mining and quarrying industry in this country. This video explores some of those locations in England that were using narrow gauge railways until the end of the 1990s, and in some cases are still in use.

This DVD covers many peat railways across Scotland, some still operational, and some now closed. There is also rare footage of two explosives/ammunition factories and the narrow gauge lines that served them.

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New Somerset and Dorset Railway.

At the start of 2001, there are just 4 peat railways used for the transport of peat in England. A further railway ceased operation in the 1999-2000 season at Solway Moss, and the railway at Joseph Metcalf LTD, was the previous casualty in 1998.

All six of these sites are seen operating in this latest DVD. All the railways have been filmed in digital video with the exception of Solway Moss, which was filmed in Hi8. The DVD forms a full record of all the narrow gauge railways used in the peat industry in England since 1997.

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The DVD covers a variety of narrow gauge lines operated by Bord na Mona, to give a representative cross section of the railways still operating.

Using footage mostly from 1997, and 1998 (with short clips of earlier Hi8 video taken in 1992), this video is of the Döllnitzbahn, in Germany. It concentrates on the commercial/freight operations of the railway, and is not concerned with the tourist trains which also now run. At this time the transport of Kaolin was still the lifeblood of the 17km line.

With motive power seen from East Germany, Austria, and Poland, both diesel (Class V!0C, Lyd2, and 2091) and steam locomotives (Sachsen Meyer) are seen in action along the line, with track plans of the main locations. 

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New Somerset and Dorset Railway.

Poland has a rich diversity of narrow gauge railways, whether the lines are the PKP state operated, or smaller industrial railways connected with the building industry or peat industry. The PKP railways have fallen into rapid decline as funding for many of the lines is withdrawn. ALL profits go to the New Somerset and Dorset Railway.

This DVD visits a cross section of narrow gauge railways which are still operating today, providing both freight services, and passenger services. At Rogow, the daily passenger services barely survive, being run with a single coach plus baggage van, with no passengers the day it was filmed. At Smigiel, both freight and passenger trains are seen, with the Romanian railcars and the Lxd2 BoBo diesels. Although services finished at Opalenica few years ago, all the railway is still in place, and some non digital footage of the railway is seen when it was working. The 750mm gauge railway centred on Zbiersk survives by virtue of the sugar factory which does not have a standard gauge connection. Although beet is not brought in by rail anymore the railway is still used to supply coal, and return the unrefined sugar, using the Lxd2 diesels. A brief visit is made to Sroda using non -digital footage from a couple of years ago, before moving on to Pleszew with the shotest PKP line which operates over dual gauge track, using a Lyd1 0-6-0 diesel loco and Rumanian railcars. Finally some services are seem on the Naleczow line in the south east with an Lxd2 on an excursion, and on a coal train, with a brief visit to the sugar factory with the Lyd2 loco.

Within a short drive from the French coast there were several small narrow gauge railways mainly associated with the building industry. This DVD captures 7 of these railways, with three now closed, but others still hard at work.

Even in 2003 the Polish sugar beet industry still used narrow gauge railways to transport beet, supplies for the sugar factories, and also the by-products of sugar beet processing. This DVD takes a close look at some of the railways associated with several of these sugar factories mostly of 750mm gauge.

By request, a video looking at the typical English narrow gauge systems of just a few years ago. The first half of the video consists of previously unseen footage of Far Ings Tileries, Syslvasprings Watercress, Soda Crystal Works at Brunner Mond, and Cherry Orchard Lane at Butterley Building Materials.

The Murtalbahn must be one of the more scenic but less visited of the Austrian narrow gauge systems. Maybe the only line that still typifies the 'common carrier' lines of yesteryear, still transporting freight in narrow gauge wagons.

This release looks at just 3 systems in Austria, the now ceased peatworks at Burmoos, Diabaswerk Saalfelden transporting stone, and the unique Dienstbahn at Lustenau.

The DVD includes much extra material such as separate menus for the track plans and views of the major stations, views of the locomotives currently in operation, and many types of rolling stock in use.

A DVD about narrow gauge railways in Romania it may be, but it does not feature the usual forestry railways. This is a DVD about the other industries in Romania that used narrow gauge railways in 1998, and in some instances still do in 2005. In some of the locations, it may have been the first time that the railways had been filmed, or even visited by western enthusiasts.

This release looks at many of the smaller industrial systems around the area of heavy industry in Poland, the Slask region, and also further afield. Various gauges of 600mm, 750mm, and 785mm are seen working, with over 14 systems seen during the course of the production. Lines in clay pits, sand pits, collieries, and ironworks are captured. Most of the digital video was taken in Oct 2000, and March 2002.

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For the first time various narrow gauge railways are recorded across the country. As the title suggests the historical standard for Russian narrow gauge was 750mm, and most of the systems reflect this. The footage was taken in May 2005.