Stützerbach to Kloster Veßra and Themar. Occasional special excursions are also operated by Süd-Thüringen-Bahn with RegioShuttles between Themar and Schleusingen. Rennsteigbahn GmbH operates freight traffic as required. At times, timber trains have run from Schleusingen via Themar to Schweinfurt up to twice a week; some of the timber was then transported to Austria and the Czech Republic. A class 52 steam locomotive of the IGE Werrabahn Eisenach e. V. was regularly used for this timber traffic in March and April 2006. Rennsteigbahn GmbH & Co. KG Rennsteigbahn GmbH & Co KG is a private train operating and infrastructure owning company based in Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig, which is responsible for the Ilmenau–Themar and Schleusingen–Suhl lines. The company organises excursions, together with Dampfbahnfreunden mittlerer Rennsteig e. V., on the Ilmenau–Rennsteig station–Themar Nostalgiefahrten route on several weekends a year and operates freight traffic (including timber transport and waste shipments from Ilmenau to the incinerator in Leuna). References Notes Sources External links Railway lines in Thuringia Railway lines opened in 1879 1879 establishments in Germany Buildings and structures in Ilm-Kreis Buildings and structures in Hildburghausen (district) Railways with Zig Zags