The track was laid in 1900 and inaugurated in 1901. Since 1918 German 0-8-0brigade steam locomotives of the Heeresfeldbahn were used on the line. The railway was subsequently nicknamed Elijah's Chariot of Fire (Feuriger Elias) and used for goods and passenger trains. Reverend Pietkin was not amused by the increasing alcohol consumption and prostitution around the railway station, when he warned from the pulpit about the railway's curse with the aphorism: "C'est le chemin de l'enfer!" ("This is railway to hell!")
The transport unit employed about 70 civilians, most of whom were recruited from the surrounding population. It was moved to the Bressoux barracks during the winter months, when there were no exercises on the square. In the run-up to World War II, the camp, with the exception of permanent employees, was largely abandoned due to the general mobilization of Belgium, and in 1939 the narrow-gauge railway was taken out of use and its track was lifted.
^"Aufschwung am Bahnhof Sourbrodt". Der Zug kommt ... Geschichts- und Museumsverein zwischen Venn und Schneifel. Retrieved 29 March 2019. abbreviated edition of: Echo de Malmedy, 5 May 1889, based on a manuscript by R. Giet, Sourbrodt
