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15 Aug 2000 898.01 is another wartime engine which remained at the ÖBB narrow gauge network. Built 1941 by Henschel it was preferably used as a yardshunter at the Mariazellerbahn in St.Pölten. It was later purchased by the Gurktalbahn in Carinthia and after overhaul it's now back in service on the short preserved line which was the first railway in Austria to be operated by volunteers. This picture shows 898.01 with train in Pöckstein-Zwischenwässern, now the northern terminus and center of operation. http://www.gurkthalbahn.at Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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15 Aug 2000 898.01 taking a rest in Pöckstein-Zwischenwässern before the next departure to Treibach-Althofen. http://www.gurkthalbahn.at Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)

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15 Aug 2000 898.01 being watered with a simple garden hose at the headshunt in Treibach-Althofen (which is a quite overgrown affair). There is an interchange possibility for passengers to ÖBB-trains and in the years of regular service it was the center of operation. But after closure ÖBB converted the engine shed to a bus garage and so the preservation society had to build a new one at the other end of the line in Pöckstein-Zwischenwässern. http://www.gurkthalbahn.at Photo and scan by Herbert Ortner (erlebnisbahn.ortner@gmx.net)