A Railjet push-pull express train on a Graz to Vienna Airport service crosses the Krausel-Klaue Viaduct and the ultra-short Kleiner Krausel Tunnel on its descent of the Semmeringbahn line in Austr... (more)

A freight train of recycled metal and wood crosses Wolfsbergkogel station and the Kartnerkogel viaduct and will soon enter the Kartnerkogel tunnel on the final leg of its climb up the Semmeringbah... (more)

A Railjet push-pull set of Czech Railways CD, pushed (or, on this section, braked) by a leased ÖBB loco, descends the Semmeringbahn line in Austria on its way from Graz to Prague. With the recent... (more)

A Railjet push-pull express train (with a loco advertising the ÖFB, the Austrian Football Association) from Vienna to Villach crosses Wolfsbergkogel station and the Kartnerkogel viaduct and will ... (more)

Insects swirl in the last rays of the Sun as two ÖBB class 1144s as helpers and a class 1116 haul a freight train up the Semmeringbahn line in Austria. The pair of red & green dots on the right a... (more)

Helper service on the Semmeringbahn mountain line in Austria: ÖBB 1144 245 and 062 (notice the sub-series difference in roof corner cooler height) passed me an hour earlier as the lead and second... (more)

A train of tank wagons hauled by a class 1116 (and pushed by an out-of-view class 1144 as helper) crosses Wolfsbergkogel station and the Kartnerkogel viaduct and will soon enter the Kartnerkogel t... (more)

A very clean Railjet push-pull express train from Villach to Vienna mirrors the other track on its descent of the Semmeringbahn line in Austria. The forest above the Klamm Tunnel was cleared last ... (more)

A regional express train from Mürzzuschlag to Vienna descends the Semmeringbahn line in Austria. This is a special weekend-only service outside the regular bihourly clock-face scheduling, meant t... (more)

The first part of the Semmeringbahn mountain line in Austria starts on one side and then climbs the other side of the valley of the Schwarza river. A Railjet from Graz to Vienna Airport is descend... (more)

In the last rays of the mountain Sun, ÖBB 1216 025, with its special livery indicating its historical achievement (prior to delivery, Siemens used it for test runs to attain the current world spe... (more)

ÖBB 1144 245 and 062 help a class 1116 to haul a freight train up the Semmeringbahn line in Austria, here crossing a freshly renewed viaduct. An hour later, the two class 1144s returned on a solo... (more)

A southbound container train hauled by an ÖBB class 1144 and a class 1116 loco climbs the Semmeringbahn mountain line at Küb. The leading loco has a special livery that was part of an ÖBB campa... (more)