Feldbahn
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A Feldbahn, or Lorenbahn, is the German term for a narrow-gauge field railway, usually not open to the public, which in its simplest form provides for the transportation of agricultural, forestry and
Heeresfeldbahn Brigadelok:de: 0-8-0T locomotive from WWI
Trümmerbahn clearing rubble in front of the ruin of the Reichskanzlei, Berlin 30th September 1950
Peat railway in the Wurzacher Ried
Wiesloch Feldbahnmuseum
Decauville
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Decauville was a manufacturing company which was founded by Paul Decauville, a French pioneer in industrial railways. Decauville's major innovation was the use of ready-made sections of light, narrow-
Feldbahn
…also referred to as trench railways. Throughout World War I, the British and French also used trench railways, called War Department Light Railways and Decauville railways respectively. However, the German approach was less improvised and more permanent. With each successful advance, the British and French forces faced…
Emblem Decauville
Marrel-tipper with Fassi-crane
Paul Decauville, founder
Decauville factories in Petit-Bourg, in Petite-Synthe near Dunkerque and in Val-Saint-Lambert, ca 1900-1909