A very clean Railjet push-pull express train from Villach to Vienna mirrors the other track on its descent of the Semmeringbahn line in Austria. The forest above the Klamm Tunnel was cleared last ... (more)

A regional express train from Mürzzuschlag to Vienna descends the Semmeringbahn line in Austria. This is a special weekend-only service outside the regular bihourly clock-face scheduling, meant t... (more)

The first part of the Semmeringbahn mountain line in Austria starts on one side and then climbs the other side of the valley of the Schwarza river. A Railjet from Graz to Vienna Airport is descend... (more)

Austrian Narrow Gauge Branch Line

A beautiful late summer's day found the heat haze hanging in the valley, and a vintage 1936-built diesel hauling a mixed train on the Ybbsitz bra... (more)

In the last rays of the mountain Sun, ÖBB 1216 025, with its special livery indicating its historical achievement (prior to delivery, Siemens used it for test runs to attain the current world spe... (more)

ÖBB 1144 245 and 062 help a class 1116 to haul a freight train up the Semmeringbahn line in Austria, here crossing a freshly renewed viaduct. An hour later, the two class 1144s returned on a solo... (more)

ÖBB 4024 021 and 099 on an S1 Bludenz to Lindau cross-border regional service.

Narrow gauge in Austria

Most people will think of the Zillertalbahn when mention is made of narrow gauge in Austria. But the OBB ran 760mm gauge (roughly 2'6") regular serv... (more)

The crew gets ready for the return trip to Payerbach Lokalbahn. Apart from Covid-19 protection gear, this little-known narrow-gauge electric heritage railway near the world-famous Semmering Railwa... (more)

A mixed freight train headed by ÖBB 1293 079 & 064 (then just one resp. two months old) started its descent of the Neumarkter Sattel incline into the valley of the Mur river on Austria's Rudolfsb... (more)

A double-headed early evening freight train almost reached the bottom of the Neumarkter Sattel incline along the Mur river on Austria's Rudolfsbahn line, as seen from the Thomasberg mountain above... (more)

Three generations on the same train: ÖBB 1144 239 (delivered in 1992), 1116 126 (delivered in 2003) and 1293 007 (delivered in 2018), hauling a container train, almost reached the summit of the N... (more)

A Railjet semi-high-speed push-pull set of Czech Railways CD (pushed by a leased ÖBB class 1216 locomotive) on a Graz to Brno service descends the last few kilometres of the Semmeringbahn mountai... (more)

A southbound container train hauled by an ÖBB class 1144 and a class 1116 loco climbs the Semmeringbahn mountain line at Küb. The leading loco has a special livery that was part of an ÖBB campa... (more)