Sugar beet and fertilizer, potatoes and boxes - everything that the truck transports today was used to be transported by rail. The self-canteen railway, the only narrow-gauge steam track in North Rhine-Westphalia, is reminiscent of this time and shows the maneuvering company with historical freight cars in Schierwaldenrath station. The transport is then demonstrated by freight trains on the rail how he shaped the image of the Rheinische Kleinbahnen in the rural areas 70 years ago.
In the large museum hall and on the track systems at Schierwaldenrath train station, guests can visit the collection of historical steam and diesel locomotives as well as passenger and freight wagons from all epochs and buy regional products on the station area and in the vehicle hall in Schierwaldenrath at affordable prices.
The physical well -being of the guests is well taken care of.
On Saturday, the steam trains drive all afternoon and on Sunday all day long from the Gangelt-Schierwaldenrath train station to Geilenkirchen-Gillrath and back. A special timetable, each with several trains in changing compilation, applies on all days. The "Mühlenexpress", a classic car from 1953, drives several times from the Schierwaldenrath train station to the windmills in the area. There, passengers can get to know the historical technology of the mills.