The Hessian Ludwig Railway or HLB with its network of 697 kilometres of railway was one of the largest privately owned railway companies in Germany.
Station of Hessian Ludwig Railway in Darmstadt
Bischofsheim Junction with shunting locomotive "Landskron" and station staff, 1867
Station bell of HLB. Today in second hand use on the cemetery of Pfungstadt
Bond of the Grand Dutchy of Hesse, issued 3. October 1896; for financing the nationalization of the Hessian Ludwig Railway
The Main-Neckar Railway is a main line railway west of the Odenwald in the Upper Rhine Plain of Germany that connects Frankfurt am Main to Heidelberg via Darmstadt, Bensheim and Weinheim. It was opened in 1846 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.
Bahntrasse
Loco # 3 of Main-Neckar-Bahn by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (1846)
Neckar Bridge at Ladenburg 1900
A train leaving the old Heidelberg Station in 1840