As erly as at the beginning of the 19th century, the Lahn had benn made navigably through to numerous dams and floodgates for the transport of hauled raw materials.

 Shortly after, possibilities were sought to speedup the freight transport along the Lahn.

Based on this venture, the step-by-step construction of the Lahntalbahn between Lahnstein and Bad Ems was started. Due to the enormous economical significance of this route, the constuction between Lahnstein and Wetzlar was pushed by the railway engineer Moritz Hilf and completedin sections until 1863. The strategically benefical position along the railway route Berlin - Metz was the main reasonfor the double tracked construction of the Lahntalbahn, as part of the "canon railway", in the late 19th century Despite the destruction and demounting of the route at the end of World War II and closedowns in recent years, the double track route is stll drivable for the most parts and in frequent use in transportation and normal traffic. The heydays of the route in the 1960ies and 1970ies, characterized by freight- and longdistance-traffic, are long past, the Lahntal now is a quiet and tranquil place. Nowadays telegraph poles, formsignals and neraly original station buildings show a striking picture form the good old times, a little melancholy included...

The following roll material support the different tasks:

• BR 225

• BR 294

• BR 612

• BR 628

• BR 643

Various fright wagons

Numerous tasks are a guarantee for excitement.

System requirements:
Microsoft Train Simulator
Microsoft® Windows 98, ME, 2000 oder XP
Pentium IV 2,2 GHz or faster
600 MB free hard disk space
512 MB RAM
3D graphic card with at least 128 MB, 32 bit color satisfaction recommended
CD disk drive