EuroCity Vienna - Switzerland

1116 124 and a sister haul an EuroCity from Vienna to Switzerland on the south leg of the "German Corner" - an easy corridor through Germany for Austrian trains.

A rare shaft of sunlight on a very wet day (notice the rust on well-used rails!) catches two rack-fitted tank locos brewing up at Erzberg. They are about to take another load of iron ore over the ... (more)

The River Dimbach is a small tributary of the Danube. This bridge provides a natural setting for photography as early morning cloud rises. The big 4-6-2T crosses with one of the days special steam... (more)

Pacific Tank - an uncommon wheel arrangement - 77 28 is seen through a station window on a particularly wet morning.

This large tank engine - very typical of pre-electrification Austria, performs one of a number of carefully synchronised runpasts with the paddle steamer 'Schonbrunn'.

Gricers in action, 2007 style! The Kreig was struggling with an air leak and total failure was not far away. The expression of the crew member tells its own story. In the meantime the mainly Briti... (more)

'Kreigslok' 52 4984 performs for the cameras as the sun breaks through. The Kreigs were designed to handle heavy loads over lightly laid lines, hence the 10-coupled drivers.

'Kreigslok' 52 4984 on a mixed consist typical of Austrian branch lines amogst the vineyards on the clim out of Retz. The weather is not conducive to wine production - cold and wet.

A Romanian built 0-10-0 in the care of OGEG (Austrian preservation group) works a chartered freight consist through the streets of Linz, to the north of the Danube in the Urfahr district. The loc... (more)

The Ybbstalbahn is one of OBB's last NG lines. Loco Yv2, built by Krauss in 1896, crosses the bridge over the town centre with the once weekly freight, specially steam hauled for a group of photo... (more)

The Ybbstalbahn is one of OBB's last NG lines, and its once weekly freight was to be steam hauled for a group of photographers. Loco Yv2, built by Krauss in 1896, is prepared for this duty as the ... (more)

The Ybbstalbahn is one of OBB's last NG lines, and the last with any freight traffic - a once weekly timber train which was steam hauled for our group. Normally Yv2 works weekend tourist trains.

Against a backdrop of a large steelworks, this 1938-built loco performed runbys for a group of mainly British photographers in OBB's large yard in the city of Linz.

A Romanian built 0-10-0 in the care of OGEG (Austrian preservation group) with a chartered freight consist in the large OBB marshalling yard in Linz. The OBB were happy to permit our party to acc... (more)