Weimar–Buchenwald railway map
Map of the Weimar–Buchenwald railway seen along the blood road (Blutstraße). Originally the route should lead directly from Weimar to the north-west to the camp, however, the configured route proved to be too steep. So it was decided to continue an existing three-rail track of the Weimar–Großrudestedt narrow gauge railway from Weimar Nord to Schöndorf from the end of 1942, to reach the camp from there westwards over the Ettersberg Mountain. The now selected routing was indeed three times as long, but much easier to build. Photo taken Monday 30 June 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)