Güterzugtag für Foto- und Filmfreunde (Photo Freight Day) — Preßnitztalbahn

The Interessengemeinschaft Preßnitztalbahn e.V. runs a special booked-in day for photographers and film-makers on its Museumsbahn Steinbach–Jöhstadt. The association calls it a Güterzugtag, a freight-train day: steam trains of the kind that ran on the line in the 1970s and 1980s are run between Jöhstadt and Steinbach and can be photographed and filmed at will.

The operator explains that freight traffic kept steam trains running on the line, officially called the "WJ-Linie" between Wolkenstein and Niederschmiedeberg, after passenger service stopped in 1984 and until the end of 1986. For its photo days it runs locomotives with computer-style numbering, standard-gauge wagons carried on transporter vehicles and narrow-gauge goods and passenger cars, hauled by the association's IV K steam locomotives.

This is a lineside event: the operator states that riding in the photo trains is not possible. Regular Preßnitztalbahn tickets are not valid on the day.

Unrestricted filming and photography of steam-hauled freight-style trains between Jöhstadt and Steinbach. The participation fee announced by the operator includes a timetable with technical details (Buchfahrplan), a lunch snack and a drink of your choice. Riding in the photo trains is not possible.

Special event with advance registration: the right to take part is sold per person in the railway's online shop (shop.presskurier.de). The event takes place between Jöhstadt and Steinbach; the association's address is Am Bahnhof 78, 09477 Jöhstadt (telephone +49 37343 808037). Regular Preßnitztalbahn tickets are not valid on the day. If the event is cancelled the fee is refunded; there is no refund for changes of train composition, bad weather or non-attendance. Parking is available at the stations of Jöhstadt, Schmalzgrube and Steinbach.