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NARROW GAUGE AT WORK
NUMBER 28: AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIAL ARCHIVE
Running Time: 62 minutes
 
See below for summary and stills from the production  
 
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SUMMARY:

This DVD is now available.

As could be expected from a country as diverse as Austria, the lines featured on this DVD vary greatly, in terms of the gauge, the different types of loco featured, as well as the types of industry they once served. Remarkably even today a number of these lines shown still continue to operate.

 
 


The recently purchased Schöma loco in the factory complex of RHI Refactories in Trieben.

Pushing a rake of 3 purpose built hopper wagons to the other end of the line in 2004.

Arriving in Mixnitz One of BoBo overhead electric locos navigate through the suburbs before unloading at the standard gauge exchange.

In 2003 the main Mixnitz road is crossed on the route out of the town.

The line from Mixnitz runs alongside the road for most of the 10km route.

In 1996 the self built loco emerges from the stone mine at Schwaz.

In the backstreets of Schwaz the railway emerged from the mine and immediately corssed a minor road to access the tippler.

No.2, one of the original battery locos has been preserved near the main gate at the old peoples home in Vienna.

On footage going back to 1996, one of the Struppe locos is seen pushing a rake of wagons back to the kitchens.

One of the Struppe locos is shunting wagons at the kitchens at luchtime.

To manage the wagons the kitchen staff typically assist with the fly shunting of the wagons. Each wagon has a handbrake.

Timber being loaded onto mine wagons at MMGraphit at the start of the shift.

2 Jenbach locos emerge from the loco shed to assist with the movement of wagons prior to going underground in 1996.

At MMGraphit there were 4 Jenbach locos present, with 3 in use each shift.

Emerging from the mine the tubs were tipped 2 at a time, where it was hard work to ensure all the graphite ore was emptied.

At Ziegelwerk Danreiter this large elderly Schöma loco was up on blocks available as the reserve loco to the newer Diema.

In 1997 the Diema loco carefully pushes the 3 skips to the claypit for loading at Ziegelwerk Danreiter.

Still in use at this brickworks is an impressive steel trestle for the trains to access the upper floor of the brickworks.

Further achive footage of the peatworks at Bürmoos sees the Gmeinder locos at work in 1995.

At Bürmoos the mainline was 4km in length, and had recently seen a new lease of life as a museum operation, but recent reports suggest that this new venture has failed, and all trace of this line now may vanish.

© Steve Thomason 2009
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