This large tank engine - very typical of pre-electrification Austria, performs one of a number of carefully synchronised runpasts with the paddle steamer 'Schonbrunn'.

Gricers in action, 2007 style! The Kreig was struggling with an air leak and total failure was not far away. The expression of the crew member tells its own story. In the meantime the mainly Briti... (more)

'Kreigslok' 52 4984 performs for the cameras as the sun breaks through. The Kreigs were designed to handle heavy loads over lightly laid lines, hence the 10-coupled drivers.

'Kreigslok' 52 4984 on a mixed consist typical of Austrian branch lines amogst the vineyards on the clim out of Retz. The weather is not conducive to wine production - cold and wet.

Train in the Distance. 699 103 and the train of 4-wheelers look very much at home in this attractive lakeside landscape, in near-perfect conditions.

A runpast - one of several - at this beautiful location - part of a horseshoe curve in the rolling hills of Upper Austria.

The wartime-built 0-8-0T bursts out of this short tunnel on another of Austria's extremely attractive 760mm gauge lines.

The wartime-built 0-8-0T approaches Alt Weitra on another of Austria's extremely attractive 760mm gauge lines.

The Postlingbergbahn claims to be the world's steepest adhesion worked railway, with stretches at 1 in 9 - about 11%. Cars 2 and 16 pause for photographs on their trip to the summit.

A Romanian built 0-10-0 in the care of OGEG (Austrian preservation group) works a chartered freight consist through the streets of Linz, to the north of the Danube in the Urfahr district. The loc... (more)

The Postlingbergbahn claims to be the world's steepest adhesion worked railway, with stretches at 1 in 9 - about 11%. Car 2 pulls awy from one of the intermediate passing loops. The line is shortl... (more)

The Ybbstalbahn is one of OBB's last NG lines. Loco Yv2, built by Krauss in 1896, crosses the bridge over the town centre with the once weekly freight, specially steam hauled for a group of photo... (more)

The Ybbstalbahn is one of OBB's last NG lines, and its once weekly freight was to be steam hauled for a group of photographers. Loco Yv2, built by Krauss in 1896, is prepared for this duty as the ... (more)

The Ybbstalbahn is one of OBB's last NG lines, and the last with any freight traffic - a once weekly timber train which was steam hauled for our group. Normally Yv2 works weekend tourist trains.

Against a backdrop of a large steelworks, this 1938-built loco performed runbys for a group of mainly British photographers in OBB's large yard in the city of Linz.