Train 1900 (Minett Park)

AMTF / Minett Park
Luxembourg
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The Journey

Navigate from Pétange Station to Fond-de-Gras across a span of 7km.

Scenery Highlights
  • Fond-de-Gras Museum Station
  • Lush Southern Border Forests
  • Iron Ore Train Sheds
  • Former Mining Landscape
Quick Facts
  • Duration

    0.4 hours

  • Distance

    7 km

  • Est. Price

    Affordable

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Classes & Accommodations

Meals: None

Ensuite: No


Engine / Locomotive

Historic steam locomotives — various preserved European types including CFL Class 80 Prussian-era engines and later 1920s-1940s compounds

Locomotive Weight

Typical heritage steam: 60-120 tonnes depending on locomotive class

Track Gauge

1,435 mm (standard gauge) — Mining Line originally built 1874 for iron ore transport

Braking Technology

Historic vacuum brake systems standard on late 19th/early 20th century rolling stock

Route Engineering Challenges
  • 7km heritage industrial corridor through mining landscape of southern Luxembourg

  • Single-track operation with manual passing loop for bidirectional service

  • Integration with Minett Park open-air museum industrial heritage zone

  • Preservation of 1874-era infrastructure to museum operational standards

Route operator

AMTF / Minett Park Fond-de-Gras

Route distance

7 km (Pétange–Fond-de-Gras)

Maximum elevation

~320 m (Fond-de-Gras terminus)

Notable structures

Historic railway station at Fond-de-Gras, Minett Park museum complex, preserved iron ore loading infrastructure

Typical speed

15-20 km/h (heritage operation)

Rolling stock

Various European heritage railway preserved locomotives and carriages from 1870s-1940s era

Line history

Built 1874 as industrial iron ore railway; converted to heritage museum operation 1990s

Quick Facts
  • Duration

    0.4 hours

  • Distance

    7 km

  • Est. Price

    Affordable

Official Booking Provider