station cat Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 As promised in ERs (from whence I should really link my non-train pictures), some photos of my recent visit to Austria. I flew BA to Munich and travelled by train from there to Innsbruck and then by bus to my hotel in Zirl. Holiday activities included a day trip to Liechtenstein (with return rail journey from Innsbruck to Feldkirch) and the Achenseebahn. I'll be splitting my pics into three or four posts to try and avoid complete overload. Kicking off with Munich Ostbahnhof and a very pretty shunting loco and some other DB locos The rather inspiring station at Zirl, nice old building and some freight facilities (which I din't have time to photograph) I took the train into Innsbruck where I saw this pair of Taurus locomotives What's so impressive that it needs two locos? The Orient Express of course! Also in the station was this rather more mundane OBB 2070 class locomotive The good news is that by the following morning I realised that something was rather adrift with my camera settings. Things weren't quite as bright (or as faded) as they appear here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
station cat Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 The second installment: contemporary trains around the Tirol Innsbruck HBF photographed from Hungerberg Tirol livery S bahn train at Innsbruck, these EMUs are used for local and regional services. This train type is in widespread use around Austria IC1284 at Worgl, with the loco running round. This is a long distance train which starts its journey at Schwarzach - St Viet and finishes in Flensburg nearly 12 and a half hours later. The train was formed with DB stock and was headed by a DB loco - slightly unusual as it seems to be far more common for OBB locos to run into Germany than vice versa Pair of locos at Kufstein OBB wagons at Landeck Zams, another very photogenic location OBB containers demonstrating considerable variety in weathering! Hall im Tirol has a large marshalling yard, a shunting hump (which I don't think is visible from the station) and some interesting railway architecture S Bahn trains in the standard red and white livery OBB containers Older van OBB engineering stock Some views of the station and yard The third installment will be about the Achenseebahn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
station cat Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 Thanks Dutch Master, I've just about got my head around Austrian loco classes but the rest of it remains something of a mystery. Anyways, part 3: The Achenseebahn. The Achenseebahn is a preserved narrow gauge railway running in the summer season (May to October I think) from Jenbach to the lakeside town of Seespitz. All services are steam hauled. It's rather expensive but great fun (especially if you sit on the outside platform at the end of the coach). Attitudes to health and safety are quite relaxed, with the conductor going along the outside of the carriage to check tickets and a nifty coach slipping manouver to deal with the unhelpful track arrangement at Seespitz. The pictures start at Jenbach which is also the home of the Zillerthalbahn Achenseebahn carriage shed, the loco shed is behind it Loco being prepped The first arrival of the day from Seespitz Locomotives around the yard The racked track starts next to the shed which gives you an idea of how quickly the gradient begins Snow plough - just in case? Rails up the mountain - this picture does not to justice to how steep it is The high point of the line is at Eben, here the loco runs round The brakeman at work Loco crew at work Seespitz and the coaches are slipped And on a related note, the mining museum in Pertisau (which I didn't go in because I thought 7 euros was a bit much) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 It's quite a good museum, we went round it when we were there, even accessible for wheelchairs, the cafe is ok as well. The oils make good bath and shower stuff as well, though they do smell very different to the usual supermarket stuff! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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