LGB Art. No. 36362 - SDG / Fichtelberg Railroad SDG Passenger Car.

36362 SDG / Fichtelberg Railroad SDG Passenger Car.  This is a model of an SDG type KB passenger car, as is still currently used on the Fichtelberg Railroad. The paint scheme and lettering are prototypical for Era VI. The car has complete, prototypical interior details. It also has metal wheelsets. Length over the buffers 58 cm / 22-13/16“.

Since July 19, 1897, steam trains puff several times a day over the 17.4 kilometer / 10.87 mile line between Cranzahl and the highest situated town in Germany, the resort of Oberwiesenthal. From its departure point at the Cranzahl Station, at 654 meters / 2,125 feet above sea level, this narrow gauge line runs almost constantly uphill via Unterneudorf, Neudorf (Ore Mountains), Kretscham-Rothensehma, Hammerunterwiesenthal to the end station at the resort of Oberwiesenthal at 894 meters / 2,905 feet above sea level. A “highlight” of this railroad is surely the crossing of the large, 100 meter / 325 foot long and 20 meter / 65 foot high, steel truss pillar viaduct shortly before the end station, whereby the approximately one hour run through the Erz Mountains scenery by itself is an adventure. The Fichtelberg Railroad is currently operated by the Saxon Steam Railroad Company, Inc. (SDG), which has 22 steam locomotives of the classes “sächs. VII K Old Design” and “sächs. VII K New Design” on its roster. Road numbers 99 776 and 786 on the Fichtelberg Railroad are currently not operational, while road number “VII K Old Design” 99 741 and road numbers “VII K New Design” 99 772, 773, and 794 are used in scheduled service. The diesel locomotive, road number L45H 083, is of Romanian production and is available for work trains.