This diesel rail car of the type ÖBB 5144 stands next to the railway station building of Semmering. The vehicle saw its first operation in 1951. Semmering station is part of the World Heritage Site Semmering Railway.
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Impression of the Semmering Railway
I am often tweeting while being on a train of the Semmering Railway (Semmeringbahn) in Austria. This time I went through the same area on foot. I tried to hike along the line but this wasn’t always possible. So I took this impression of the landscape along the Semmering Railway from a nearby summit. Can you see the small viaduct of the railway between all these rocks? Do you know similar mountain railways?
Railway station Semmering
On my train trips to Vienna I often pass the railway station Semmering. Generally I see the station just from my train window. On a hiking tour I got this different view. Looks misty, doesn’t it? More…