Schneebergbahn 1972

[Ian Morgan]

I was lucky enough to visit a family friend in Austria when I was 16 - first flight, Student Travel, Dan-Air Comet, learning french at school and not german. All alone. However the family I stayed with looked after me well, visiting various places, and arranging a trip on the Danube on a police launch. Highlight for me was a trip up the Schneeberg on the rack railway. Instamatic camera and Kodak slide film.

 

A very young me about to board a train:

 

 

The loco pushing my train:

 

 

Half way. The pipe along the top of the posts on the right was horizontal:

 

 

Top station. Four separate trains ascending that day:

 

 

Looking back where we came up from:

 

 

Still a good walk to the top though:

 

 

Nearly there:

 

 

Phew, made it:

 

 

I'm on the top of the world:

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by Ian Morgan
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[Ian Morgan]

I just realised that this summer it will have been 50 years ago. How old do I feel now.