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    cars were derailed. A few kilometers west of the Landrücken Tunnel, the Distelrasen-Tunnel built in 1914, near Schlüchtern-Elm on the Kinzig Valley Railway...
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    Railway (dismantled) Schillingsfürst (dismantled) Elm (replaced in 1914 by Distelrasen Tunnel, but the structure is conserved within the Frankfurt-Fulda and...
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    now available. The construction of the Schluechtern Tunnel under the Distelrasen range began in 1909. This was completed on 14 February 1914 and went...
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    dynamite. Thus in 1909 construction of the Schlüchtern tunnel began under Distelrasen; it was completed on 14 February 1914 and put into operation on 1 May...
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  • again to Schlüchtern. This section has been cut off since 1914 by the Distelrasen Tunnel. From Schlüchtern, the line follows the Kinzig river, ultimately...
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    the zig zag, construction began in 1909 of the Schlüchtern tunnel to Distelrasen in order to shorten the line. The new tunnel was opened on 1 May 1914...
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    of the station is the beginning of the Schlüchtern tunnel through the Distelrasen ridge. The stately entrance building, constructed in 1868, is now listed...
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    particularly at the watershed between the Fulda and Kinzig valleys at Distelrasen, where a tunnel was only completed in 1914. Instead, beginning in 1841...
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