Alb Valley Railway
The BLEAG came under pressure during the Great Depression and went bankrupt. The German Railway Operating Company ("Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-Gesellschaft"), DEBG) took over the Alb Valley Railway in 1932 from the bankruptcy estate of the BLEAG. Through modernisation, including the introduction of transporter wagons ("Rollwagen"), the DEBG succeeded in improving the financial viability of the railway.