Werrabahn Memorial Tiefenlauter

The Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway is a single-track main railway in Thuringia and Bavaria, which was originally built and operated by the Werra Railway Company. It leads from Eisenach along the Werra via Meiningen to Eisfeld and previously via Coburg to Lichtenfels. Because of the route and the company that built it, it is also called the Werrabahn. The section from Coburg to Lichtenfels is electrified.Source: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnzeile_Eisenach%E2%80%93Lichtenfels

In 1841, the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as well as Saxe-Meiningen concluded a state treaty to build a railway line from Eisenach to Coburg. In 1845, an agreement was made with the Kingdom of Bavaria to connect the Werra Railway to the Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn in Lichtenfels, and finally in 1855 the newly founded Werra Railway Company received the concession to build and operate the line.Source:de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnzeile_Eisenach%E2%80%93Lichtenfels

The first groundbreaking ceremony followed in Grimmelshausen near Themar on February 18, 1856. The entire route between Eisenach and Coburg with a length of 130.1 km was ceremoniously inaugurated on November 1, 1858. 17 reception buildings, 10 locomotive sheds, a company workshop, 22 houses for railway officials, 128 signalman's houses, 179 road crossings, 63 underpasses and overpasses, 31 bridges and a tunnel near Förtha were built. Up to 8,470 workers (June 1858) were busy building the railway. Regular train service began on November 2, 1858 with 24 locomotives and 367 wagons. The remaining 30 km route to Lichtenfels was put into operation in January 1859. All engineering structures were designed from the outset for dual-track operation.Source:de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnzeile_Eisenach%E2%80%93Lichtenfels