Austria's Scenic Semmering Railway, Mürzzuschlag Railway Museum & New Tunnel Works Site

A visit to the Semmering Railway is much more than a train ride along a beautiful, historically important UNESCO recognized alpine route. The opportunity to cover the line whilst it is still an important, busy, trunk line in a train old enough to have opening windows will soon pass, when the new base tunnel opens and all trains will be comfortable, air conditioned bubbles fitted with glazing that challenges even the most competent photographer to achieve a decent result. For anyone considering making this trip, now is the time to do it. At Mürzzuschlag there is a fascinating railway museum covering the history of Austria’s Southern Railway along with a viewing tower that currently offers excellent views of the station and Tunnel construction site. It is also worth visiting Semmering station with its small exhibition, plinthed ÖBB 5144 001-4 Motorkocsi Rail car and plenty of action on the main line. Payerbach-Reichenau Station has a small outdoor historic display including former steam banking locomotive ÖBB 95.112. A short walk from the station is the Höllentalbahn, a quaint narrow gauge (760 mm) electric railway, running from the (ÖBB) station for approximately five kilometres through the market town of Reichenau an der Rax to Hirschwang. The tour was organised by the Railway Touring Company – Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Music - Track - Composer - Source 00.00 - ES_Sabrina's Waltz - Trabant 33 - epidemicsound.com 26:32 - ES_The Souvenir - Trabant 33 - epidemicsound.com 28:22 - ES_Me and My Accordian Joe E Lee - epidemicsound.com