Austria

	Austria's standard express passenger locomotive was, until recently, the Class 1044. In this picture, 1044 270 waits at Wien Westbahnhof with the 19.20 "Donauwaltzer" overnight service to Brussels on 2 May 1999.
	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) 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.

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