Some new Austrian Pics from Salzburg

[Reini]

On Friday I went to Salzburg with some friends. It was beuatiful weather and there were many freight trains.
I left home at 5:05 AM and came back at 00:59 AM, so it was quite a long day

This is a 4010 on it´s way to Salzburg at Wengaun:

Here 1016 047 "Wiener Städtische":

Two 4024 called "Talent":

Another 4010 arrives at Golling-Abtenau:

However, I like this pic:

A butterfly near the railway:

A 1142 with a freight train:

Here a 4023 is leaving Golling-Abtenau:

At Werfen you can see the beautiful Tennengebirge in the back:

FS E412 017 on the way to Salzburg with a freight train from Villach:

1016 with an eurocity:

Talent:

Back at the station. Here the so called "Kaindl-train":

In Golling-Abtenau again, a 4010:

A 4023 between Golling-Abtenau and Kuchl:

The most beautiful passenger train this day:

The Kaindl train on it's way back to Salzburg:

At Oberalm, two 4010 heading to Salzburg in the last sun:

A 1163 on the way to Salzburg:

The E412 017 on it´s way back to Italy:

The Kaindl train again, unfortunately only at the platform of Salzburg main-station:

In the end, the 1116 250 "Mozart" stopped in Salzburg with a freight train:

any comments?

 

[5872]

GreaT Shots I liked the 1 with the frieght cars with panning and the Talent thats a really good shot on the mainline!

 

[Kris]

Absolutely stunning pictures again Reini. You should send them to various magazines and have them published.

I'm sure Modern Railways and Todays Railways over here would love them.

http://www.newsstand.co.uk/166-Railways---Modern/1246-MODERN-RAILWAYS.aspx

You used a starburst filter on the bottom picture? I take it that DSLR's can take filters the same as an ordinary SLR?

I went for an OLYMPUS E-400 DOUBLE ZOOM in the end because I got almost £200 off on ebay - brand new.

What do you call the butterfly over there? We call it a Pfau Schmetterling (but in English of course )

Have you ever been to Hohenwerfen Castle to watch the falconry display? Highly recommend it. You could get some great pics of them too.

 

[Reini]

Yes, the DSLR can take filters like normals SLR´s. In this case, I used my EOS 20D with the Canon 17-40mm f4.0 lens and the starburst filter.

I only know Iron Butterfly
For me, it´s only a normal Schmetterling. Maybe it´s a Pfau.

Have never been at Hohenwerfen castle, but maybe I have some time left someaday...

I havn´t really thought about publishing my pictures in magazines, but I´ll try it!

 

[Kris]

I like the way there are no fences by your railway lines (none that I can see anyway). Of course people over there have more common sense and you don't have the scroats (idiots) we have over here.

Virtually every single metre of line over here has to be fenced.

 

[Reini]

We don´t have fences on our railwys, thats true.

But: I think we have the biggest idiots on earth in Austria. There are three railwayforums and they fight a "war" against each other. In one of them, you have the user "Robert Peter", in my oppinion he should sit in prison, I don´t know why he cann still operate this forum...

 

[Kris]

If they're the worst idiots you've got then you're lucky. I mean the sort of idiots that vandalise the railway and put lumps of concrete on the track or throw bricks through train windows - especially driver's windows. Thankfully we don't see a lot of that down our part of the country but it is bad the further up you go.

 

[Reini]

Ah, you mean this kind of idiots

We have many problems with graffitit in and around Vieanna, but normally there are noe serious incidents with vandalism.

 

[Kris]

Like the (triebwagen) railbus in your avatar. Is that preserved?

 

[Reini]

Yes, there are some of them left:

One is at Knitelfeld (don´t know the number), and two of them in Wien Ost (Vienna).

They were renamed from 5081 to 8081 and are now used for driver training (that they get to know the lines) because you have a got view on the line from the passenger room. Unfortunately, the ÖBB doesn´t offer railtours with them, but you can see them in regular service on the Erzbergbahn, a heritage railway between Vordernberg and Eisenerz, each weekend in summer.

 

[Coxster]

Some fantastic shots. May I ask what "zug um zug ohne sorgen" means?

 

[Reini]

Sure, no problem

The "Wiener Städtische" is an austrian insurance group.

Maybe you know that "Zug" means train. "Sorgen" are worries.

"Zug um Zug ohne Sorgen" is a bit complicated to translate. The word "Zug" doens´t only mean train, "im Zuge" for example means in progress.

In my dictonary "Zug um Zug" means step by step, maybe this is the best way to translate this phrase.

Altogethe, it means "step by step without worries".

Maybe you got what I tried to explain

 

[Kris]

Kept telling our lot to have advertising on trains but apart from the odd 455 they're not interested. Don't think SWT want to make money.

 

[Oracle]

Stunning photos. I loved Osterreivh when we were last over, and I have some friends who are so totally British (Anglophoile) that they have an old Vauxhall cars, and used to buy new Rovers!

 

[theblackwatch]

They were renamed from 5081 to 8081 and are now used for driver training (that they get to know the lines) because you have a got view on the line from the passenger room. Unfortunately, the ÖBB doesn´t offer railtours with them, but you can see them in regular service on the Erzbergbahn, a heritage railway between Vordernberg and Eisenerz, each weekend in summer.

It is a shame this line is not open when I am visiting Austria, it would be a useful link to do on the same day as the branches from Leoben to Vordernberg and Hieflau Eisenerz. One thing I have noticed about the heritage/preserved railways in Austria is that the operate for only very short seasons. For example, on the Erzbergbahn line you mention, the season opening is not until June 30th. Here in the UK, virtually all lines run weekend services from Easter (or earlier) onwards.

 

[Reini]

The problem in Austria is that all heritage railways are run by volunteers, and they have to work too. Another problem is that it isn´t possible to do some track work in winter, because of the snow.
Normally the railways have a lack of volunteers, on the one side because nobody will do some work without recieving money, on the other side the "train-spotters" prefer to complain about everything, and don´t get the idea to work for the railway.
The final problem is, that the Austrian population isn´t interested in things like this, so the railways havn´t much money. And there are hardly grants from anywhere...

Unfortunately, on the lines Hiflau-Eisenerz and Leoben-Vordernberg are no passenger services left (between Leoben and Vordernberg you can travel by bus).

@Kris: Do you know a possibility to contact the editors of this magazines?

 

[Jordy]

Excellent shots Reini, look forward to seeing more

 

[Kris]

@Kris: Do you know a possibility to contact the editors of this magazines?

I'll try and find some of the contatcs in the mags for you Reini. Don't think I have these ones at the moment but I can always look in the newsagents.

Anybody else have a copy of these mags at the moment?

 

[Reini]

Thanks, would be great!

 

[theblackwatch]

The problem in Austria is that all heritage railways are run by volunteers, and they have to work too. Another problem is that it isn´t possible to do some track work in winter, because of the snow.
Normally the railways have a lack of volunteers, on the one side because nobody will do some work without recieving money, on the other side the "train-spotters" prefer to complain about everything, and don´t get the idea to work for the railway.
The final problem is, that the Austrian population isn´t interested in things like this, so the railways havn´t much money. And there are hardly grants from anywhere...

The majority of the lines in the UK are run by volunteers too (although a few do have some paid staff as well). I think over here perhaps there are more with an interest in railways, which brings greater numbers of volunteers, and more visitors. Some of our railways, such as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, are visited by lots of tourists - that line has over 300,000 passengers each year. I'm sure all lines and groups who own locos and rolling stock need more help though - we have plenty of people who complain too, or expect particular locos to be saved or restored, but won't pay for them or work on them themselves!

One place I did visit last year which I think got a large grant was the OGEG site at Ampflwang, I guess not many others have received anything?

Unfortunately, on the lines Hiflau-Eisenerz and Leoben-Vordernberg are no passenger services left (between Leoben and Vordernberg you can travel by bus).

Thanks for that - my Austrian Rail Atlas (dated 1993) is obviously rather out of date!

 

[Reini]

300.000 passengers hock: hock:

In Austria, they are normally under 20.000....

Yeah, The ÖGEG recieved some from the government because it was the county exhibition of Oberösterreich and the didn´t want to blame themselves. But normally our railways have to live with their own money.

http://bueker.net/trainspotting/map.php?file=maps/austrian-network/austrian-network.gif

Here you have the actual austrain network.

 

[Craig]

Another interesting set of photos, I think I'll have to pay a visit to Austria sometime in the future!

Is that some kind of advertising livery in the last two pics?

 

[Reini]

Yeah, a kind of. Mozart was born in 1756, last year it was his 250. birthday. Don´t know who paid for this Mozart livery