andIndependent Lines ofAustria
PhotographedbyPeter Gray
CompiledbyAndrewFox
SteamontheNarrowGauge
Zillertalbahn
TheZillertalbahn,a20½mile(32.9km)760mmgaugelinebetweenJenbachandMayrhofen,wasbuilttoconnectthesettlements alongtheZillervalleywiththestandardgaugemainlineatJenbach,openinginstagesbetween1900and1902. (8)Zillertalbahn0-6-2TNo.1,builtbyKrauss,Linzin1900,amemberofthewidespreadAustrian‘U’class,isseenatJenbachon31July1956.PG0909
Achenseebahn
TheAchenseebahn,ametregaugerackrailwayusingtheRiggenbachsystem,wasopenedin1889,runningfromthemainline stationatJenbachtoSeespitzamAchensee,adistanceof4¼miles(6.7km).
Opposite:(38)No.6 Thörl isseenposedonaroadsidesectionoflinewiththe specialtrain.PG3886
Above:(39)WhilsttwooftheSteiermärkischeLandesbahnen’sex-SKGLB0-6-2Ts wereemployedontheFeistritztalbahn,thethird-No.11of1894,seenat KapfenberginAugust1964-operatedontheThörlerbahnfrom1958to1967. PG3884
Right:(40)Theline’sonlytunnel,lessthan30ftlong,wasatThörl,sevenmiles (11.5km)fromKapfenberg.Thespecialemergesfromthetunnelona photographicrun-past.PG3887
(51)TheRCTStrainhasreachedtheterminusofthelineatEisenkappel.No699.103wasoneofsevenformer Heeresfeldbahn ClassKDL11locomotives inheritedbytheÖBBafterWorldWar2,ofwhichfourwererebuiltastanklocomotives,andsubsequentlyfittedwithGieslejectorsinthe1950s.No.699.103 wasoriginally Heeresfeldbahn No.HF2821.PG3509
(73)SeenatGrazshedonthesameday,two-cylindercompound2-8-0No.56.3195wasbuiltbyWienerNeustadtin1917askkStBNo170.492,and purchasedinDecember1951bytheGKB,whereitoperatedforafurther20yearsuntilwithdrawalin1971.PG1577
(75) Sulm2,formerlyNo.30.39,seenatLeibnitzon4September1963,wasoneof13membersofClass30,atwo-cylindercompound2-6-2T,acquiredbythe GKBinthe1930s.PG3469
(82)No.56.3268departsGrazforWies-Eibiswald,passingNo.671.Atotalof16membersofClass56wereacquiredbytheGKBbetween1948and1955,and theydominatedfreightoperationsuntilthearrivalofformerÖBB2-10-0sofClass50andClass152between1968and1973.PG3488
