railway through the Semmering Pass between Gloggnitz and Murzzuschlag built in 1848-54 was part of the Sudbahn, the railway that linked Vienna, capital of the Habsburg Empire, with the principal imperial port [...] of hotels and other facilities built for visitors. The most imposing of the hotels is the Sudbahnhotel-Semmering on the slope of Kartnerhogel, 2 km north of Semmering station.

steam, diesel and electricity, shunting engines, passenger cars, freight wagons labelled "Deutsche Reichsbahn Königszelt" - the rolling stock owned by the Railway Museum in Silesia is as manifold as numerous

workshop, covering about 35,000 square meters, was built in 1906 by the Königlich-Bayerische Staatseisenbahnen (Royal Bavarian State Railways). Today the whole complex is listed. The restoration of the buildings

tank locomotive of 1908 which worked on the Erzbergbahn. Vordernberg was linked with Eisenerz by an early railway with inclined planes, the Vordernberger Förderbahn, of which archaeological evidence can still [...] still be seen. The line was replaced in 1891 by the Erzbergbahn, a standard gauge rack railway on which steam traction was employed until 1981. The line is no longer used for carrying iron ore and regular [...] the track and the railcars that use it have been owned by a voluntary organisation, the Verein Erzbergbahn, which operates trains for visitors in the summer months. A huge 2-12-2T tank locomotive built

these engines are still on display at the Südbahn Museum, which opened in 2004. Two listed railway sheds and the historic roundhouse tell the story of the Südbahn from its earliest designs to the present [...] From Vienna to Trieste in 13 hours and 4 minutes - in 1857, when the last track of the Südbahn was laid, this was considered a sensation. Until then, crossing the Alps had been a challenging and time-consuming

south of Austria. It is one of a network of heritage projects by the non-profit organisation Die Nostalgiebahnen in Kärnten (Nostalgia Railways of Corinthia). The many exhibits are housed in an open-plan exhibition

requiring a second track to be installed in 1913. In 1920 the railway became part of Deutsche Reichsbahn but it was transferred back to a separate company in 1996. The route climbs for over 100m. It still [...] Maschinenfabrik, vormals Richard Hartmann in Chemnitz in 1908. Others were built for Deutsche Reichsbahn. The railway offers a wide range of mountain excursions for different interests.

need for double tracks. It was made by Niklaus Riggenbach of the Internationalen Gesellschaft für Bergbahnen (International Mountain Railway Company) at Aarau. About 40 passengers at a time are lifted 98m