Eisenbahnchronik Eifel - Band 2

The Eifel is part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains, bordered by the Rhine in the east and the Moselle in the south. In the west, it merges into the Ardennes, which already belong to Belgium. In the north, it slopes down along a line Aachen - Bonn and merges into the Lower Rhine Bay. From 1815, the region belonged to Prussia. As a poor peripheral area of their empire, the Eifel was only of interest to the new lords for military reasons. With the founding of the German Empire in 1871, many railway lines were built that primarily served strategic purposes. Volume 2 is reserved for the lines in the eastern Eifel between the Rhine and the Eifel Railway, the Moselle line and the Erdorf - Bitburg - Igel connection. Here you will also find the history of the branch lines starting from Euskirchen, Düren and Kall as well as a total of five private railways.