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View from ÖBB narrow gauge steam train Gmünd - Groß Gerungs at Langschlag 10.7.2010 Martin P.

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07.Jul.2001 NÖLB Uv1, former ÖBB 298.205, at Kienberg-Gaming on the preserved part of the Ybbstalbahn. This engine is the compound version of the austrian 760mm U-class and worked on this line until withdrawal from servive in the sixties. After many years as a monument and a year long odyssey through several workshops it's now back on the tracks. Digital photo by Herbert Ortner

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07.Jul.2001 NÖLB Uv1, former ÖBB 298.205, taking coal from an old standard gauge goods wagon at Kienberg-Gaming. The track in the foreground leads into the combined narrow and standard gauge engine shed. Digital photo by Herbert Ortner

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07.Jul.2001 NÖLB Uv1 shunting at the new carriage shed at Kienberg-Gaming. Digital photo by Herbert Ortner

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07.Jul.2001 "Keep heads and arms inside" announces the conductor and the train passes this place by walking speed. The scaffolding was erected for restoring and repainting of the steel trestle bridge during the summer. Digital photo by Herbert Ortner

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07.Jul.2001 The Ötscherland-Express passes the Hühnernestgraben viaduct between Gaming and Pfaffenschlag on the preserved part of the Ybbstalbahn. Digital photo by Herbert Ortner

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07.Jul.2001 NÖLB Uv1, former ÖBB 298.205, at Lunz am See station with the Ötscherland-Express, the historic train on the preserved 760mm-gauge line from Kienberg Gaming. From here the line to Waidhofen an der Ybbs is still operated by ÖBB. Digital photo by Herbert Ortner

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17 May 98; C1' (0-6-2) narrow gauge standard U-class U1. This engine was originally built for the "Niederösterreichische Landesbahnen" (Lower Austrian County Railways) for the first part of their later line to Mariazell. It was in regular use on the Steyrtalbahn with ÖBB-number 298.51 until it's closure in 1982. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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14 jun 98; U1 in Kienberg - Gaming shed; This U-class engine was not the very first U ever built but it was the first U of it's first owner, the Niederösterreichische Landesbahnen (There also carrying No. 5). Today it's in service on the preserved Ybbstalbahn - Bergstrecke between Kienberg - Gaming and Lunz. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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15 Aug 89; NÖLB U1 (ÖBB 298.51) taking water in Ruprechtshofen on the Obergrafendorf - Gresten line. During the "100 years narrow gauge in Austria"- festivities it came back as a guest to the lines it was originally built for, carrying a historic green livery. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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6. Dec. 98; U-Class 298.53 with a winter special in Gruenburg on the preserved 760mm Steyrtalbahn. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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15 Aug 99; 298.53 in Aschach an der Steyr on the preserved Steyrtalbahn. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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15 Aug 99; A train with 298.53 on the bridge over the river Steyr near Waldneukirchen on the preserved Steyrtalbahn in Upper Austria. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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15 Aug 99; 298.53 shunting in Grünburg Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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15 Aug 99; 298.53 taking water between the historic engine shed and the new built carriage shed (on the right side) in Grünburg, now the southern terminus of the Steyrtalbahn. This track once was the route track to Molln and Klaus, now it ends a few meters behind the location. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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15 Aug 99; 298.53 shunting in Steyr Lokalbahnhof, the northern terminus of the Steyrtalbahn. In the background some cars are stored on the former route track to Garsten where the line was connected to the standard gauge system. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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15 Aug 99; Steyrtalbahn train with 298.53 awaiting departure from Steyr Lokalbahnhof. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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Austria – 76cm gauge Steyrtalbahn; 0-6-2T 298.53 simmers outside the wooden locomotive shed at Steyr. October 1974 Photo and scan Roger Griffiths jrcs@blueyonder.co.uk