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The field railway operation and the industrial peat extraction of Klasmann-Deilmann at the Vehnemoor plant ended at the beginning of 2025.

Former railway lines or embankments in the moor often serve as cycle and hiking trails. Therefore, there are still cycle tours that bear the name "Peat Railway in the Vehnemoor".

Griesen Steen, in High German "grey stone" or also "large stone"

Griendtsveen Edewecht peat works South of the Küstenkanal in the Edewecht district of Husbäke is the Edewecht plant of Griendtsveen AG. It was largely rebuilt in 1996 on the site of the former Sevin peat works. Its 600 mm field railway was dismantled and replaced by a new railway with a 900 mm gauge. The plant reaches the Vehnemoor, where peat is extracted in the immediate neighbourhood of the Klasmann-Deilmann mining areas. The two route networks have several crossings and also a track connection. The locomotive fleet is diversified and also includes modernised machines or machines that have been heavily rebuilt in-house. Since many locomotives are located in the inaccessible moor and do not go to the factory even at weekends, you only get to see a part of them when you visit. At the factory itself and on the connecting line to the Vehnemoor, the field railway operation can be easily observed from public areas.

Great cycle path easy to ride

In hot weather, nice shady tour.

Because the municipality of Edewecht in what was then the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg was not connected to the rail network when the railways were built until the beginning of the twentieth century, the municipal council tried to establish its own connection to the Oldenburg–Leer main railway in Zwischenahn. On January 8, 1910, the Oldenburg State Ministry approved the construction. Construction and operation were transferred by the municipality to the Grand Ducal Oldenburg State Railway. The construction costs were estimated at 429,000 marks. The Grand Duchy gave a subsidy of 130,000 marks; the community had to finance the rest itself. On December 15, 1912, operations opened on the standard-gauge, single-track railway, which was seven kilometers long. It was primarily intended to transport peat, which was also used as fuel for locomotives at the time, and to transport livestock.

Peat is a form of humus that is created in bogs due to the lack of oxygen under water and the acidic pH value from dead bog plants. Peat consists of incompletely decomposed and preserved plant remains, especially peat moss (Sphagnum).