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  1. Tender Springs

    Tender Springs

    View along the bogies of the class 52 tender.
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    • Category: Detail Photos
  2. The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

    Old engines need a lot of adjustment.
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    • Category: Human Interest Photos
  3. Working up the Foggy Grade

    Working up the Foggy Grade

    You can only imagine how incredible the sound was as 52.4984 climbed the grade to Grnbach on the Wiener Neustadt - Puchberg line in extremely dense fog.
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    • Category: International Museums and Tourist Railways
  4. Steam across the Danube

    Steam across the Danube

    52 class leads a spring special train across the Danube at Lobau.
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    • Category: International Museums and Tourist Railways
  5. Early Morning Commuter

    Early Morning Commuter

    Early train from Breclav to Wiener Neustadt via Vienna zooming past Strasshof yard, in the early 20th century the biggest yard in Europe. Nowadays also known for the steam shed museum (starting on the other side of the yard).
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  6. "German Triangle"

    "German Triangle"

    Two Tauri with an BB-ad ready train in front of Reisach cloister (built only in the 18th century, a good example of Bavarian Catholicism! ;)), Zahmer Kaiser ("Tame Emperor") and Wilder Kaiser ("Wild Emperor") mountain ranges (left to right). This is the corridor line for...
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    • Category: Scenic Views
  7. Down from the Mountains

    Down from the Mountains

    IC 536 from Villach has almost reached the end of Semmering railway at Gloggnitz and allows a last sunny glimpse in front of the spectacular Rax mountain range, in midwinter already at 2 p.m.
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    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Scenic Views
  8. The Golden Age of Ballooning

    The Golden Age of Ballooning

    A warm midsummer evening lures several ballooners out into Wiener Neustadt skies, just in time to watch EuroCity 156 from Croatia and Slovenia approach Vienna through the vineyards punctually.
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    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  9. Leaving the Yard

    Leaving the Yard

    Short freight with 1042.045 in charge is leaving Danube shore yard on one of the most prominent level crossings in Vienna. In the background you can see the Millenium Tower.
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    • Category: International Freight Trains
  10. Even less time...

    Even less time...

    ...to contemplate have the passengers as InterCity 543 speeds past this church near Kirchstetten towards Vienna.
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    • Category: International Passenger Trains
  11. St. Andrew's Cross at Sunrise

    St. Andrew's Cross at Sunrise

    Very nice spring morning in Burgenland.
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    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  12. Danube Sunset

    Danube Sunset

    The sun sets as a regional train from Marchegg crosses the bridge at Lobau.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  13. Hercules at Sunset

    Hercules at Sunset

    BB 2016 "Hercules" waits to shunt at the border station to Slovakia, Marchegg.
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    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  14. Snow Storm!

    Snow Storm!

    A classic, one of my last photos without DSLR (apart from secondary photography). BB Taurus pushes a CityShuttle double decker out of Vienna Liesing station in a heavy snow storm. Even during this short commuter stop so much snow has fallen on the rake that you can see it being blown away...
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    • Category: International Passenger Trains
  15. Coming and Going

    Coming and Going

    We already had this one on the forum, but I like it! :) BB 2016 "Hercules" with nostalgic coaches of "Erlebniszug Zauberberge" in the narrow Piesting Valley.
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    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Railroad Art
  16. Old 1042 engine on highspeed track

    Old 1042 engine on highspeed track

    Special train on the highspeed track between Vienna and Salzburg.
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    • Category: International Locomotives and Rolling Stock
  17. Not just heat...

    Not just heat...

    ... is emitted as a regional train with BB 2143 in charge leaves Lobau across the river Danube towards its final destination in Vienna. It's always good to have some heat around in a still quite cold spring morning!
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: International Passenger Trains
  18. Diamond into the Darkness

    Diamond into the Darkness

    EuroCity train leaving Vienna Western Station headed for a dark thunderstrom.
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    • Category: International Passenger Trains
  19. Spring Parallel Drive

    Spring Parallel Drive

    Very nice downhill approach of BB 52.4984 and 1116.200 in special livery to Spital am Semmering station for the 150 years Semmering mountain railway celebrations. The light was spot-on, real April-weather in May! ;)
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    • 1116 52 bb semmering spital steam
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  20. Speed

    Speed

    BB Cityshuttle pushed by a Taurus today in evening sunlight! April 2004 Photo Contest Winner. The topic was "Speed"
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    • 1116 austria bb
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Editor's Favorite Photos


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