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This
buffer stop unit may be recognized at the Winterbach station.
In the background the Nattersbach valley is visible and at the
valley floor the Laubenbachmuehle station is located. |
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On
many station buildings some information about elevation above
sea level is mounted. The plate indicating 796,50 m is located
at the Wienerbruck-Josefsberg station. They even used some modular
construction at that time. |
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Mariazell
line travellers get information about most of the larger line
buildings via specific information plates. They are positioned
along the rail track that way, that they are readable from window
seats. The meaning of the red plates, I don't know. (top
of page) |
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A
typical attribute of the Mariazell line are the both dark
bands left and right beside the rails. Reason are some small
oil drops, which got distributed along the line during decades
of 1099 rod drive operation. At stations this about 30 cm
wide phenomenon is stronger visible than on cross-country
sections.
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Obviously
railroad ties (sleepers) are marked by the year of production.
The oldest ties I recognized were from 1965, the latest from
2002. The meaning of the additional 2 and 0 on the 1965 tie
I do not know. |
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With
regard to today's operation, single locos at line sections are
totally rare. As mentioned in part 3 one day 1099.004 got defect
at the Puchenstuben station. 1099.001 was sent from Mariazell
to drag off this train. On its way there, I could take this
picture at the Erlaufklause station. (top of
page) |
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Mariazell
railroad fans organized some special journey on August 30th,
2003. Images of that train are included in gallery part 1 and
2. 1099.016 was decorated with some special plate, announcing
the club slogan "Voller Zug". (meaning: full train
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15
of the 16 formerly built engines class 1099 are still existing.
They were assembled in 1911, 1912 and 1914. Between 1959 and
62 all units got newly styled body frames. The 1099 engines
are the oldest electric narrow gauge locomotives world-wide,
which are still used in daily regular operation. The 1099 has
two chassis with 3 rod coupled axles each. Every chassis has
a separate motor. Vmax is about 50 km/h. |
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This one shows how carriages are clutched. The central buffer
system has some additional yoke bar which is helpful when shunting
and preventing that buffers loose contact during driving. Regular
clutching elements are two adjustable hook systems left and
right of the central buffer. Further elements foreseen for braking
and electric supply. Railcars use automatic clutching of type
Scharfenberg. Photo 1999. (top of page) |
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