Val Gardena Railway

The Val Gardena Railway or Klausen-Plan (Italian: Ferrovia della Val Gardena, German: Grödner Bahn, Ladin: Ferata de Gherdëina) was a 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) narrow gauge railway operating in the Val Gardena in the Dolomites of northern Italy.

Construction was remarkably rapid: begun in September 1915, the line was completed and opened on 6 February 1916.

[2] The railway was 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) long, ran between Chiusa (Klausen) and Plan, and had the distinction of being the highest line operated by FS with a summit (at Plan) of 1,595 metres (5,233 ft) above sea level.

R 410.004 (FS numbering) is preserved adjacent to the Railway Trail at Ortisei.

It is an outside cylinder 0-8-0 well tank with outside frames which was built in 1916 by Krauss of Linz (works number 7174) as no.