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Austrian Railways 1979

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In Austria looking back to Hungary from the border

21 February 1979



Balcony gricers, R - l: Anthony Booth, "Cozy" Powell, Jim Bodfish, Malcom Node & unknown

21 February 1979



A crossing on the Puchberg branch

21 February 1979



Schneebergbahn locos at Puchberg

21 February 1979



Puchberg

21 February 1979



Three 998 class locos at Puchberg

21 February 1979



Puchberg

21 February 1979



Looking at the Schneeberg from Puchberg

21 February 1979



Standard guage freight at Puchberg

21 February 1979



2143.03 at Puchberg

21 February 1979



99.2220 stuffed at Puchberg

21 February 1979



Taken from a coach on the road back from Puchberg, a train from Wiener Neustadt heads for Puchberg

21 February 1979



Vordenberg Markt with the 07.30 Iron Ore empties coming up the bank, compare with the 1978 pictures!

22 February 1979



07.30 empties pass Vordenberg Markt

22 February 1979



Sunrise on the mountains at Vordenberg

22 February 1979



Sunrise on the mountains at Vordenberg

22 February 1979



Scheinenbus from Vordenberg at Heiflau

22 February 1979



Heiflau

22 February 1979



0-10-0 electric near Heiflau

22 February 1979



298.51 approaching Sarning with a train for Garsten

22 February 1979



298.51 approaching Sarning with a train for Garsten

22 February 1979



298.51 at Sarning with the new bus garage being built behind

22 February 1979



298.51 at Sarning

22 February 1979



298.51 at Sarning

22 February 1979



298.52 climbs up from Garsten to Sarning

22 February 1979



298.52 climbs up from Garsten to Sarning

22 February 1979



298.52 climbs up from Garsten to Sarning

22 February 1979



298.52 climbs up from Garsten to Sarning

22 February 1979



298.51 between Sarning and Steyr Lokalbahnhof

22 February 1979



The going away shot

22 February 1979



The gone-away shot

22 February 1979



298.52 leaving Unterhimmel Christkindl with a train for Garsten

22 February 1979



298.52 near Unterhimmel Christkindl

22 February 1979



298.52 near Unterhimmel Christkindl

22 February 1979



298.52 near Unterhimmel Christkindl

22 February 1979



Steyr Lokanbahnhof with an evening train for Molln arriving

22 February 1979



An evening train for Molln arriving at Steyr Lokanbahnhof

22 February 1979



298.52 with an evening train for Molln at Steyr Lokanbahnhof

22 February 1979



An evening train for Molln leaving Steyr Lokanbahnhof

22 February 1979



An evening train for Molln leaving Steyr Lokanbahnhof

22 February 1979



An evening train for Molln leaving Steyr Lokanbahnhof

22 February 1979



699.103 and 298.51 arriving at Garsten with the early morning train from Grunberg

23 February 1979



699.103 and 298.51 arriving at Garsten with the early morning train from Grunberg

23 February 1979



298.51 shunts at Garsten

23 February 1979



298.51 brings the stock for the 07.56 to Grunberg into Garsten

23 February 1979



298.51 runs round at Garsten

23 February 1979



298.51 runs round at Garsten

23 February 1979



298.51 runs round at Garsten

23 February 1979



298.51 departs from Grunberg for Garsten

23 February 1979



298.51 departs from Grunberg for Garsten

23 February 1979



298.51 departs from Grunberg for Garsten

23 February 1979



298.51 departs from Grunberg for Garsten

23 February 1979



699.103 arrives at Waldneukirchen with the freight for Klaus

23 February 1979



699.103 arrives at Waldneukirchen with the freight for Klaus

23 February 1979



699.103 shunts at Waldneukirchen with the freight for Klaus

23 February 1979



699.103 shunts at Waldneukirchen with the freight for Klaus

23 February 1979



699.103 shunts at Waldneukirchen with the freight for Klaus

23 February 1979



699.103 shunts at Waldneukirchen with the freight for Klaus

23 February 1979



Shunting complete, 699.103 departs from Waldneukirchen with the daily freight to Klaus

23 February 1979



699.103 departs from Waldneukirchen with the daily freight to Klaus

23 February 1979



699.103 departs from Waldneukirchen with the daily freight to Klaus

23 February 1979



699.103 departs from Waldneukirchen with the daily freight to Klaus

23 February 1979



Further up the valley, 699.103 departs from Grunberg

23 February 1979



699.103 departs from Grunberg

23 February 1979



699.103 departs from Grunberg

23 February 1979



699.103 departs from Grunberg

23 February 1979



298.56 arrives at Grunberg with a train for Molln

23 February 1979



298.56 arrives at Grunberg with a train for Molln

23 February 1979



298.56 at Molln

23 February 1979



298.56 at Molln after arrival from Garsten

23 February 1979



298.56 runs round at Molln

23 February 1979



298.56 receives attention outside the shed at Molln

23 February 1979



298.56 reattaches to its train before returning to Garsten from Molln

23 February 1979



298.56 ready to return to Garsten from Molln

23 February 1979



298.56 departs from Steyr Lokalbahnhof

23 February 1979



298.56 departs from Steyr Lokalbahnhof

23 February 1979



Frozen waterfall at Steyr

23 February 1979



Frozen waterfall at Steyr

23 February 1979



An evening train from Garsten near Sarning

23 February 1979



An evening train from Garsten near Sarning

23 February 1979



Engerth 0-8-4TT 399.05 at Gmund

24 February 1979



1-B-1 2091.02 at Gmund

24 February 1979



A 556 class 2-10-0 arrives at Gmund from Czechoslovakia

24 February 1979



399.04 at Gmund with a train for Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



Between Gmund and Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



Between Gmund and Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



399.04 at Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



399.04 at Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



399.04 at Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



Despite only having 4 vehicles on the train, 399.04 then set to with a mega-shunt at Altnagelburg!

24 February 1979



399.04 shunting at Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



399.04 shunting at Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



399.04 shunting at Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



399.04 shunting at Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



399.04 shunting at Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



Altnagelburg with the vehicles from the train from Gmund split onto 3 different roads!

24 February 1979



Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



The following train from Gmund to Litschau approaches Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



The following train from Gmund to Litschau approaches Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



399.04 with the Heidenreichstein train and 399.05 with the Litschau train at Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



399.04 with the Heidenreichstein train and 399.05 with the Litschau train at Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



Some more shunting then took place!

24 February 1979



After the shunting, the 2 trains have moved across a road.

24 February 1979



Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



The Heidenreichstein train has now gained the standard guage hopper that had come up on the Licschau train!

24 February 1979



The 2 trains set off for the famous parallel run out of Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



399.05 seen from the Heidenreichstein train

24 February 1979



Parallel running

24 February 1979



Approaching the photters' line-up at the divergance of the two routes

24 February 1979



The Litschau train disappears into the gloom

24 February 1979



Climbing up to Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



Shunting at Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



The hopper wagon on its transporter wagon

24 February 1979



Shunting at Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



Shunting at Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



Shunting at Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



Loose-shunting at Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



Run-round at Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



Ready to leave Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



Ready to leave Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



Back at Altnagelburg, the Litschau train returns with timber traffic attached

24 February 1979



Altnagelburg

24 February 1979



The bogie wagon on two transporters

24 February 1979



After more shunting, the two trains are formed into one big one, double-headed back to Gmund

24 February 1979



399.05 & 399.04 ready to leave Altnagelburg with a train for Gmund

24 February 1979



399.05 & 399.04 ready to leave Altnagelburg with a train for Gmund

24 February 1979



Returning to Gmund

24 February 1979



Returning to Gmund

24 February 1979



Returning to Gmund

24 February 1979



Returning to Gmund

24 February 1979



Looking across the border into Czechoslovakia

24 February 1979



Returning to Gmund

24 February 1979



399.05 & 399.04 at Gmund with a train from Litschau & Heidenreichstein

24 February 1979



2092.04, the station pilot at Gmund shunts the stock

24 February 1979



Gmund

24 February 1979

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I was born in 1953 and educated at Tonbridge and Bristol University. Since then I have been employed on the Railways, most of the time in the West Midlands. From 1980 I lived in Wolverhampton, and for the last 20 years in Bridgnorth