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Locomotives from Linz - 760mm Gauge

An illustrated history of the 760mm gauge locomotives produced in Linz, Austria. Many of these iconic locomotives survived into preservation and will be familiar to narrow gauge enthusiasts who have travelled in Europe.

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Mit Volldampf durch Österreich - Dampfloks im Einsatz 1955–1975

Sometimes fast, sometimes leisurely - this is how steam travelled through the Alpine republic until 1976. A must for steam locomotive enthusiasts, this impressive illustrated book, compiled from previously unpublished photos by British railway enthusiasts, recalls the last great heyday of the steam locomotive in Austria after the Second World War.

Andrew Fox, an excellent expert on Austrian railways, reports in detail in his book on the last decades of steam locomotive use. The broad spectrum ranges from the Salzkammergut Lokalbahn to the Erzbergbahn.

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Dampfbetrieb in Österreich (Band 2) - Farbaufnahmen ab 1958

In the second volume of his color documentation, the well-known Austrian specialist author and railway historian Dipl. Ing. Eduard Saßmann presents historical photographs from his archive of scheduled steam operations in Austria from 1958 onwards!

This is followed by the use of steam locomotives in the ÖBB directorates Linz and Villach as well as on the Graz-Köflacher Railway and on the famous Austro-Hungarian private railway GySEV.
The representative selection of route images is supplemented with rare photographs of operations in the train haulage and steam locomotive repairs in the main workshop in Knittelfeld.

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