‘Scene’ on the Achensee Bahn in the Austrian Tirol once more on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The ‘Achensee Bahn’ is a steam hauled tourist railway.

 

It runs from the town of Jenbach which lies on the main line from Innsbruck to Salzburg and onto Vienna. 

 

It uses the Swiss Riggenbach system of rack and pinion traction to get up the hill from Jenbach to terminate at the side of the ‘Achensee’ near to the town of Pertisau.

 

The ‘Achensee’ being being a lake which is the largest in the Tirol.

 

For an earlier blog re the ‘Achensee Bahn’ see blog posted 20/11/2020.

 

 

4 ‘Hannah’ ‘Achensee Bahn’ 0-4-0RT Tank Locomotive and coaches

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The line has 6 coaches 2 with glass in the windows and 4 without.

 

We got the fresh air version which were built in Graz in 1879.

 

 

 

 

Achensee Bahn Coaches No. 3 & 4 /1

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Achensee Bahn Coaches No. 3 & 4 /2

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Modern rolling stock would feature plastics or fibreglass. These coaches feature solid timber.

 

 

 

 

Achensee Bahn Coaches No. 3 & 4 /3

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The sign refers to ‘Smoking’ and ‘Spitting’ which it declares are ‘unerwunscht’ which translates as ‘unwelcome’ or ‘undesirable’.

 

I would have thought that spitting would have been ‘verboten’.

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ on the Achensee Bahn in the Austrian Tirol on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The ‘Achensee Bahn’ is a steam hauled tourist railway.

 

It runs from the town of Jenbach which lies on the main line from Innsbruck to Salzburg and onto Vienna. 

 

It uses the Swiss Riggenbach system of rack and pinion traction to get up the hill from Jenbach to terminate at the side of the ‘Achensee’ near to the town of Pertisau.

 

The ‘Achensee’ being being a lake which is the largest in the Tirol.

 

The mainline station is behind me.

 

‘Achensee Bahn’ entrance

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‘Achensee Bahn’ workshop/storage and yard

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What two electric railcars parked far left are doing there, I don’t know.

 

I think they were either stored or being used as office accommodation.

 

Also pictured are 3 of the 6 coaches the line possesses.

 

There were 2 loco’s in steam on the day.

 

‘Theodor’ was up the line on another service whilst ‘Hannah’ was somewhere to my left, hence all the smoke.

 

 

 

 

4 ‘Hannah’ ‘Achensee Bahn’ 0-4-0RT Tank Locomotive /1

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According to the plate on the cab side, Hannah was built at the

 ‘Wiener Lokomotivfabrik’ at Florisdorf in Vienna in 1878.

 

‘Wikipedia’ has it the she is an amalgam of a previous loco in the fleet and a second hand boiler from Poland. Take your pick.

 

The rack and pinion cogwheel is shown clearly under the centre of the loco.

 

 

 

 

4 ‘Hannah’ ‘Achensee Bahn’ 0-4-0RT Tank Locomotive /2

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4 ‘Hannah’ ‘Achensee Bahn’ 0-4-0RT Tank Locomotive /3

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‘Scene’ in Bavaria once more on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The main purpose of the holiday was to visit Neuschwanstein Castle which is located above the village of Hohenschwangau in Bavaria.

See blog posted 18/11/2020.

The coach park is located in the village and draws coaches from across Europe on a daily basis.

VB 21AY ‘Apfl Reisen GmbH, ’Apfl aurach’, Aurich, Bavaria. SETRA S 515HD

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8855 JNW ‘Globalia’ Vip, Spain. Irizar i6

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RV WS 516 ‘SOHLER Reisen GmbH’, Hiltensweiler, Germany. SETRA S 516 HD

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

MN EN-001 ‘Integral’, Novo Mesto, Slovenia. MAN Lion’s Coach

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

‘Scene’ in Bavaria on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

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The main purpose of the holiday was to visit Neuschwanstein Castle which is located above the village of Hohenschwangau in Bavaria.

 

However I didn’t think that either destination would be immediately placed whereas  Bavaria is recognised by most people.

 

I last visited the castle over 60 years ago so I thought a return visit was about due.

 

It was built in the 1860’s and 70’s by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

 

He was unfortunately dubbed ‘mad’ by his critics.

 

However, if they could see the mass of visitors (and the coaches that bring them) who pay good money to view the castle they might regret their harsh words.

 

I know that this is a transport blog but I grant myself a dispensation to include an image of the castle.

 

Having said that, I did use two aircraft and several coaches to get there and back!!

 

Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria

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OAL LY 66 ‘Operator Unknown’, Mercedes-Benz Citaro

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The castle stands high above the village and although it can be walked, a fleet of buses ferries most visitors up and back.

 

 

 

 

M AU 2184 ‘Autobus Oberbayern’, Munich. SETRA S431DT

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‘Scene’ (once more) in Insbruck, Austria on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A One Horsepower Means of Transport

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I have never before in over 6,000 images on my blog published an image like this but I thought that the horse looked so elegant I couldn’t resist it.

 

It does qualify for inclusion, after all It is a form of ‘road transport’ !!

 

I have always thought that in this era governed by technology that it is odd that we still use the power generated by the horse as a measure of an engines capability.

 

 

 

 

NAB H 44 ‘Bustouristc Herbert’, Schmidgaden, Germany. SETRA S 415 GT

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5AL 4523 ‘BUSCENTRUM’. Prague, Czech Republic. Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

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‘Scene’ (again) in Seefeld, Austria on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

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Seefeld is where we stayed in Austria. At something approaching 4,000 feet above sea level it made for crisp frosty mornings even in early Autumn..

 

The town lies on the OBB’s (Austrian Federal Railways) railway line linking Innsbruck with Munich and surprisingly is mainly single line.

 

The buses I saw all seemed to be funded by the Tirol region.

 

The buses in Seefeld all seem to terminate at the railway station. 

 

A true ‘ Transport Interchange’ loved by all transport planners.

 

IL TATI 1 ‘Wetterstein Bus’ ‘VVT regio bus’. Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER CITY /1

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I know that I go on about buses having two or three doors but to stand at busy bus stops in most places abroad and see the speed at which they can load and unload is amazing.

 

Even something as small as this bus has two doors.

 

In the UK, 80 seat double deckers with one door take ages to do the same thing.

 

Multiple doors has to be the way forward. (Rant over).

 

This bus, daily operates a free service, linking the railway station with the village centre and a number of outlying villages. 

 

IL TATI 1 ‘Wetterstein Bus’ ‘VVT regio bus’. Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER CITY /2

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IL 0 12 ‘Dietrich Touristik’  operating for ‘VVT’ (Verkhersverbund Tirol) ‘regio bus Seefeld’. SETRA S 415 UL 

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Pictured at the railway station

 

‘Scene’ in Seefeld, Austria on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Continuing my blog a day until the end of the current ‘lockdown’. 

 

I hope you are enjoying them.

 

Seefeld is where we stayed in Austria. At something approaching 4,000 feet above sea level it made for crisp frosty mornings even in early Autumn..

 

The village lies on the OBB’s (Austrian Federal Railways) railway line linking Innsbruck with Munich and surprisingly is mainly single line.

 

The buses I saw all seemed to be funded by the Tirol region.

 

The buses in Seefeld all seem to terminate at the railway station. 

 

A true ‘ Transport Interchange’ loved by all transport planners.

 

M RV 5058 ‘VVT’ (Verkhersverbund Tirol) ‘regio bus’, ‘Oberbayernbus’. MAN Lion’s City /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

M RV 5058 ‘VVT’ (Verkhersverbund Tirol) ‘regio bus’, ‘Oberbayernbus’. MAN Lion’s City /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

In this image, it can be seen that the bus is unloading its passengers directly onto the railway platform.

 

 

 

 

 

M RV 5058 ‘VVT’ (Verkhersverbund Tirol) ‘regio bus’, ‘Oberbayernbus’. MAN Lion’s City /3

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