The Schafberg Railway is a metre gauge cog railway in Upper Austria and Salzburg leading from Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut up to the Schafberg (1,783 m). With a total length of 5.85 km it gains... (more)

A close up of the motion/valve gear/cog drive mechanism on Z12, built in 1995, at St.Wolfgang in Austria. See the earlier photo for the technical details of this modern advanced steam locomotive.

The driver of Z14 is on his cell phone, while the guard waits to hear whatever news he has. Perhaps he was finding out if the mountain top station was open on such a dull, rainy and cloudy day. Th... (more)