The Schafberg Railway is a metre gauge cog railway in Upper Austria and Salzburg leading from Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut up to the Schafberg (1,783 m). With a total length of 5.85 km it gains... (more)
A steam locomotive is pushing two cars uphill followed by vintage diesel railcar (built in 1964). They both have one goal - to reach Schafbergspitze summit at 1783 meters above see level.
One of four modern, oil-fired steam locomotive (they were built in 1992-95), is going downhill from Schafbergspitze summit at 1783 m onto the crossing point Schafbergalpe at 1363 m. The Schafber... (more)
A close up of the motion/valve gear/cog drive mechanism on Z12, built in 1995, at St.Wolfgang in Austria. See the earlier photo for the technical details of this modern advanced steam locomotive.
The driver of Z14 is on his cell phone, while the guard waits to hear whatever news he has. Perhaps he was finding out if the mountain top station was open on such a dull, rainy and cloudy day. Th... (more)
