The Talent class is widely used on S Bahn local services

A Vectron with the assistance of an 1144 hauls a heavy freight. The Grand Semmering Hotel in distance is now only used for special events.

Various types of EMU's have provided local services over the Semmeringbahn such as this Talent seen at Wolfsbergkogel

Güterzug! or in English a freight train gets an assist from an 1144 up the 2.5% grade of the Semmeringbahn. The base tunnel in 2030 will allow freight to bypass this route.

Two Alpenstaubsaugers (Alpine Vacuum Cleaners) named due to the sound of the fans, descend the mountain to push freights up. Grades run near 2.5% requiring helpers on freights.

A 1144 leading what was Euro City 151 Südbahn Express bound for Trieste Centrale in Italy over the Semmeringbahn. Thru trains will bypass this route when the base tunnel is opened in 2032

"Taurus" ES 64 U2 1116 # 168 of the ÖBB in the "NaSicher" publicity paint scheme is running through Breitenstein station on hte Semmering north ramp. Above is the large medica... (more)

The "Talent" 4024 # 108 of the ÖBB, running as train 7511 of the line S 91 from Payerbach-Reichenau over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag, stopped in front of the very impressive large st... (more)

Railjet 559 of the austrian state railways ÖBB is crossing the Krauselklause viaduct on the Semmering north ramp between Breitenstein and Wolfsbergkogel, running from Vienna Airport via Wien Haup... (more)

Siemens "Taurus" ES 64 U2 1116 # 156 of the ÖBB is pulling the Railjet RJ 539 from Wien Hauptbahnhof over the Semmering to Klagenfurt over the Krauselklause viaduct between Breitenstein... (more)

1144 # 224 is leading Siemens "Taurus" ES 64 U2 1116 # 184 of the austrian state railway ÖBB in front of a car transport train on the Semmering north ramp between Breitenstein and Wolfs... (more)

Siemens "Taurus" ES 64 U4 1216 # 019 of the austrian state railways ÖBB is pulling the Railjet RJ 133 GONDOLIERE from Vienna Hbf via Klagenfurt-Viilach-Tarvisio Boscoverde-Udine-Venezia Mestre to... (more)

310 kW diesel railcar 5144 # 001 of the austrian state railways ÖBB, built in 1951 in a series of 5, exhibited beside the Ghega monument in Semmering station.

Locomotive 1144 # 280 and another of the same series in multiple control are running down the Semmering north ramp through Wolfsbergkogel station, after leading a heavy freight upwards. In the bac... (more)

Railjet RJ 558 from Graz to Vienna Airport, with locomotive 1116 # 153 in the ÖAMTC publicity paint scheme, running on the left instead of the right track, is crossing the Kalte Rinne viaduct on ... (more)