One of the new OBB Vectrons pulls the hopper wagons on their way to Bologna, for the training of drivers and knowledge of the route ...

The encounter between Tauri of the ÖBB and German trains on Swiss soil in Basel lasted only one year. After that, the Austrian locomotives were replaced by German 101. In any case, the ÖBB Night... (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)

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)

A regional service on the Thermenbahn has just stoped in Söchau station and gains speed toward the pass to Fehring.

A southbound container train hauled by an ÖBB class 1144 and a class 1116 loco almost reached the summit of the Neumarkter Sattel incline out of the valley of the Mur river on Austria's Rudolfsba... (more)

The IC 632 "Lienzer Dolomiten" express train from Lienz to Vienna started its descent of the Neumarkter Sattel incline into the valley of the Mur river on Austria's Rudolfsbahn line.

The big viaduct close to Rohrbach-Vorau station makes a spectacular silouette, along with a Wiener Neustadt - Hartberg service.

A small Desiro, working a Hartberg - Wiener Neustadt local service, runs "under a branch" of a tree growing just a few meters from the track where the train has passed a few minutes ago,... (more)

The "Innere Aspangbahn" is a rural idyllic branch line, just a few chilometers away from the Capital town of Wien. Staffed station, mechanical signals and single railcar operation provi... (more)

ÖBB 1116 159 has a publicity paint "150 Jahre Brennerbahn" ("150 years Brennerrailway" from Innsbruck/Austria to Bolzano/Italy). On this side are austrian trains, on the other... (more)

ÖBB 1116 159 has a publicity paint "150 Jahre Brennerbahn" ("150 years Brennerrailway" from Innsbruck/Austria to Bolzano/Italy). On this side are italian trains, on the other ... (more)

The Karawanks Tunnel is the fourth longest railway tunnel in Austria and the longest in Slovenia with a length of 7,976 metres. It passes under Rožca Saddle between Rosenbach in southern Austria ... (more)