Home > Railway Museums & Collections > Schieferwerk Bacharach 25 Jun 2013

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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein173 viewsThe familiar view from the quarry across the Rhein to Kaub and the Mäuseturm
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein196 viewsThe tunnel entrance is behind the big bush.
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein215 views
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein228 views
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein265 viewsThe road exit, rails to the right and left. Would be nice to find photos of slate being loaded onto barges....
The only mention I could find on the web: http://www.pahlen.org/schiefergrube-rhein/
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein271 viewsView through the gate into the tunnel under the road, complete with old tipper wagons
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein267 viewsThe tunnel is behind us to the left
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein231 viewsThe sleepers are easy to see (and the position is evident).
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein251 viewsNameplate on the main quarry building. Slate tiles are no longer mined, it's more slate dust, collected in trucks.
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein225 viewsThe view from the pavement looking down - this is what caught my attention in the first place.
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein211 viewsMore evidence.
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein196 viewsFurther evidence.
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein215 viewsA pilot with its flock of boats and barges. At the bottom of the dip is the extrance to the tunnel under the road.
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein193 viewsA Rhenus Veniro of the Hunrückbahn passes the quarry towards Mainz.
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Schieferwerk Bacharach - Grube Rhein219 viewsA goods train (62908 Nürnberg - Troisdorf) passes the level crossing at the entrance to the quarry.
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