Austria

	Austria's standard express passenger locomotive during the 80s and 90s was the Class 1044. In this picture, 1044 228 is at Wien Südbahnhof after attaching to Train 233 "Gondoliere", the 09.45 Budapest Keleti to Venezia, including through coaches Wien to Trieste and sleeping cars to Roma. The date is 5 June 1993.
	2143 058 arrives at Laßnitzhöhe with the 15.53 Szentgotthárd - Graz, while on the left 2143 030 waits to enter the single line section ahead with the 16.40 Graz to Wien via Friedberg. 1 May 1999
	The steeply-graded route between Vordernberg and Eisenerz closed in the 1980s, but in recent years a tourist service has operated on summer weekends. During an unseasonally cold spell on 15 September 1996, the 10.20 Vordernberg Markt to Eisenerz, worked by railbus 5081.563, pauses at Erzberg.
	Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) used to operate a number of narrow-gauge lines, including the one seen here from Waidhofen an der Ybbs to Lunz am See and Ybbsitz. The picture shows 2091 007 arriving at the junction station of Gstadt, at the head of the 10.46 from Ybbsitz, on 19 October 1991. Trains ceased running on most of this narrow-gauge network during 2009, and now only a short section at the Waidhofen end remains in use, operated by the Niederösterreich province.
	ÖBB's latest express passenger locomotive is the Siemens "Taurus" design, which can also be found in other European countries. 1016 044 arrives at Leoben on 20 January 2017 with the 08.25 Wien Hbf to Lienz.
	ÖBB's latest electric locomotive is the Siemens Vectron, mainly used for freight. This is 1293 042 passing through Knittelfeld with a southbound freight on 10 March 2022.

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