Marshalling yard at Erding

[RolandF]

Dear Richard,
I´ve just had a look into my ref source Peter Schmoll: "Die Messerschmittwerke im Zweiten Weltkrieg" and his production diagram for the Me 262 for March 1945. It depicts Gusen only for fuselage-parts, indeed.
The fuselage assembly took place at Passau-Obernzell according to this source. From here an arrow points direction Munich-Augsburg ("Rümpfe an die Waldwerke "Kuno I und II"). Two other arrows direct to Waldwerk "Stauffen" and to Budweis.
Again I´d like to draw your attention to the photograph on p.2 of WotBC 7, depicting Mühldorf-Mettenheim airfield. Numerous Me 262 fuselages are stored here, carefully lined up. Mettenheim is somewhat 75 km east of Munich just in between Passau and Erding. Neither Erding nor Mettenheim have direct connections to the Messerschmitt distribution system; Erding is mentioned as "Luftwaffenschleuse und Einflug", Berglern was a dead-end station. South from Erding a railway line is running east-west via Waldkraiburg, Mühldorf, Braunau, Ried, Schärding to Passau. West it runs from Marktschwaben via Munich, Augsburg, Gessertshausen to Scheppach.
I think this was the lifeline for the "Kuno" Me 262 production. For whatever reason a train with those fuselages was diverted to the Berglern railway branch and the stake cars were emptied here.
Maybe because of the same reason the Me 262 fuselages were stored at Mettenheim a/f.

Regards

Roland

Regards

Roland