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the line between Schwarzenberg and Bersbuch was given up in favour of a road expansion project. Furthermore, the Railway Society had to forfeit land at the Bezau station for the building of a supermarket. As a replacement for the locomotive shed, a new vehicle and workshop hall was built and, in place of a set of points, a sector table was built at the end of the line in order to make optimum use of the remaining space.
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Today the museum railway services operate on the remaining section of line from Bezau to Schwarzenberg. An extension to Andelsbuch, or even beyond that to Egg, was considered. However, in October 2004, the line had to be shortened by 1.1 kilometres (and a new Schwarzenberg terminus built), because
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caused further damage to the trackbed, and flooding of Bezau station. This was repaired within a few weeks.
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on a 35.33 kilometre long railway line. Today only a 5.01 kilometre long section is still worked as a
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The first steam locomotive at the museum railway arrived in the early 1990s - the former
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Comprehensive documentation from 2009/2010 on the 30th anniversary of its closure.
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Eine Bahn im Rhythmus der Zeit - Die Geschichte der Bregenzerwald-Museumsbahn
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destroyed the Sporenegg bridge and it was rebuilt in June 2000. The
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The Bregenz Forest Railway as a tourist attraction in 2007.
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Vorarlberg Railway
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