Austrian Railways Gallery 13

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A422 Coach Marchegg June 28th 1987 Included in the rake of coaches of this ÖBB steam special was a former CIWLT restaurant car.
A423 310.23 Marchegg June 28th 1987 Having run round, the section to Stadtlau was run tender first
A424 2050.003 Marchegg June 28th 1987 The 2050 was stabled in the sidings at the head of a rake of hopper wagons.
A425 310.23 Stadlau June 28th 1987 Running around the train
A426 310.23 Near Wien Nord June 28th 1987 The final part of the route was along the Schnellbahn lines into Wien Nord. An ET4020 units passes us heading out of the city
A427 310.23 Near Wien Nord June 28th 1987 Approaching the end of the journey
A428 310.23 Wien Nord June 28th 1987 At the buffer stops at the end of the tour
A429 1099.007 Rabenstein June 29th 1987 View from the rear of the train
A430 1099.007 above Kirchberg June 29th 1987 On the run up to Laubenbachmühle, the scenery gets more mountainous.
A431   Laubenbachmühle June 29th 1987 Above the station, the line doubles back as it climbs to the Gösing tunnel. This is the view back down on to the station.
A436 1099.002   June 29th 1987 To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the electrification of the Mariazellerbahn, the loco carried cast numberplates and a commemorative plaque
A437 1099.011 Mariazell June 29th 1987 From the Gusswerk end of the station, a view down the length of the station.
A438 1099.011 Mariazell June 29th 1987 Seen after arrival from St.Pölten
A440 2093.001 Frankenfels June 29th 1987 The only member of the class on a p.w. train
A441 2095.004 Obergrafendorf June 29th 1987 Photographed from an arriving Mariazellerbahn service, this train from Weiselburg will connect at Obergrafendorf station.
A443 1099.005 St.Pölten Alpenbahnhof June 29th 1987 Shunting freight wagons adjacent to the station. Note the height of the speed restriction sign.
A444 1042.039 Selzthal June 30th 1987  
A445 1245.527 Selzthal June 30th 1987 Seen after arrving piloting a 1042 into the freight yard, probably from the Linz direction via the Bosruck tunnel.
A446 1042.056 Selzthal June 30th 1987 The engine shed at Selzthal is in the old steam roundhouse and electrics enter the shed by using a "spiders web" catenary above the table.
A447 1042.573 Selzthal June 30th 1987  
A450 1067.003 Selzthal June 30th 1987 The ÖBB150 "Zug der Zug" arrived during my visit and was shunted into a holding siding until the weekend of the open days by the 1067
A451   Selzthal June 30th 1987 The changing colours of the coaches within the ÖBB150 Zug der Zug are clearly shown in this picture of the middle of the train......
A452   Selzthal June 30th 1987 ...... and this picture of the end of the train.
A453 1042.058 Selzthal June 30th 1987 A steel coil train arrives from the Linz direction
A454   Near Selzthal June 30th 1987 The southern entrance to the single track Bosruck Tunnel on the route from Selzthal to Linz
A455   Zf. Linz June 30th 1987 One of the ÖBB test cars on shed at Linz depot
A457 4010.020 Werfen July 1st 1987 On it's way to the Tauern Pass, Ex191 "Gasterinertal" from Salzburg to Wien Süd pases in front of Schloss Werfen which stands on the opposite bank of the river Salzach
A458 1044.116 Werfen July 1st 1987 Train E640 (Lindau - Linz) passes in front of Schloss Werfen.
A460 1110.023 Bischofshofen July 1st 1987 With the Tennengebirge as a backdrop, the 1009 Regionalzug to Wörgl awaits departure
A461   Bischofshofen July 1st 1987 "The End of the Line" - a good shot to finish off a talk!

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