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08 Dec 1992 The Gurktalbahn's 699.101 came to the Steyrtalbahn for overhaul in their workshops by volunteers. This business was in exchange for the wreck of 298.102, an original Steyrtalbahn engine which was in ownership of Gurktalbahn preservationists in the years before. Since May 2001 699.101 is back in service on the preserved Gurktalbahn (please note the "th" in the URL!) http://www.gurkthalbahn.at Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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15 Aug 1999 699.101 in the Steyrtalbahn's workshop in Steyr reaching the final phase of overhaul. The side tanks are still missing but tubes and superheater elements are back in the boiler. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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19 Jun 94; 699.103 on the Steyrtalbahn near Grünburg. The Steyrtalbahn was the very first 760mm gauge railway in today's Austria and after closure by ÖBB in 1982 it became a preseved railway between Steyr and Grünburg. For more information it's recommendable to visit http://linz.orf.at/gast/steyrtalbahn/steyr.htm Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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08 Dec 1992 After World War II some locomotives originally built for military purposes ("Kriegslokomotive") remained on the ÖBB narrow gauge lines. Four of the type KDL11 were converted to tank engines and later equipped with Giesel-chimneys. Two of them survived until today and can be seen here together in Grünburg on the preserved Steyrtalbahn. While the Steyrtalbahn's own 699.103 is shunting around her train, 699.101, owned by the Gurktalbahn awaits overhaul. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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Sep 1995 A Steyrtalbahn train with 699.103 reaching Waldneukirchen halt close to the bridge over the river Steyr. In the years of regular traffic this place was an important station for loading timber. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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Dec 1995 A Steyrtalbahn train with 699.103 reaching Aschach an der Steyr station. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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Sep 1995 699.103 in Grünburg station, the southern terminus of the preserved Steyrtalbahn. Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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699.01 of the historic Taurachbahn (former Murtalbahn section Tamsweg-Mauterndorf) arriving in Mauterndorf. 2 September 2001. Submitted to ERPG 27 January 2003. (c) Rob Reinders (www.onthespot.nl)