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  Austria's Rail Transport
of the Empress Elizabeth's Railway and the Austrian Southern Railway.
Schwarzach-St. Veit is the junction for Badgastein and the Tauern Railway.
Although the railways are now organized as an ordinary commercial undertaking, they are not entitled to retain their revenues, and they are bound, at the same time, to adapt their services to the public needs and the public interest.
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 Southern Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Southern Railroad of Michigan and Michigan Southern Railroad, part of the New York Central Railroad
New Jersey Southern Railroad and New Jersey Southern Railway, part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey
Southern Railway of Texas, part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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 Austrian Southern Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Austrian Southern Railway (German Südbahn) was a former railway company during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
The two lines were connected by the Semmering Railway, when the railway over the Semmering was built according to plans made by Carl Ritter von Ghega between 1848 and 1854.
The railway from Vienna to Tarvisio had been equipped with electric power lines by 1963, the branch to Graz and Slovenia by 1966.
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 Info and facts on 'Austrian Southern Railway'   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Austrian Southern Railway (German (A person of German nationality) Südbahn) was a former railway (Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system) company during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy (additional info and facts about Austro-Hungarian monarchy).
Originally, the railway company operated services between Vienna (The capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss) and Trieste (additional info and facts about Trieste).
The two lines were connected by the Semmering Railway (additional info and facts about Semmering Railway), when the railway over the Semmering (additional info and facts about Semmering) was built according to plans made by Carl Ritter von Ghega (additional info and facts about Carl Ritter von Ghega) between 1848 and 1854.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/au/austrian_southern_railway.htm   (348 words)

  
 Railway images - railroad photos - railway photography
Railway photography is a hobby, but it's a demanding task too to produce interesting railway photographs.
The section behind Steinbach Grosspertholz, climbing up the small Semmering, passing the Bruderndorf plateau, and descending to the terminal station is content of Gallery 2 with regard to the southern branch of the "Waldviertler Schmalspurbahn" (28 Photos).
Finally the steam operation at the Mariazell Railway is focus of Gallery 6.
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 UNESCO WHS Semmering-Railway - Introduction
A drive on this railway line was experienced aesthetically from the begining and influenced in the sequel also the perception of the alpine landscape.
The Semmering railway is a part of the southern railway (railway-km 75,0 to 116,7) leading from Vienna to Trieste (nowadays Italy) and was constructed by the state.
Because of railway engineering being in its infancy, four completely different operating modes were proposed which marked the state of the matter: Steep ramps operated with horses, atmospheric running or by means of cable inclines and a line for exclusive locomotive operation (which was planned for this purpose more flatly).
www.noe.co.at /partner/trsued/whsemmeringbahn/intro_E.htm   (575 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Vienna   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Vienna is surrounded by the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
Vienna is located on both banks of the Danube River, with the foothills of the Eastern Alps on the west and the plains of the Danube basin on the east.
Vienna was for many centuries the political and economic center of the Austrian Empire under the Habsburg family, and between 1867 and 1918 the capital of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vienna   (1464 words)

  
 Rutherford's Railway Reflections   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Economic background to railway mania: poverty, the Corn Laws, the Anti-Corn Law League, Chartism, accumulation of capital, poor return on industrial investments, railway dividends were relatively high, the Parliamentary beneficiaries (capitalists and landowners); the boom of 1836 had led to the creation of stock exchanges in Liverpool and Manchester, and others followed.
Some railways were systematic in their numbering (the GWR attempted such in 1912), but others (notably the LNWR and NER, and Southern Railway were midly chaotic).
The history of lighter railways in Britain began with The Railway Construction Fascilities Act of 1864, The Regulation of Railways Act of 1868 which recognized the light railway concept, the 1870 Tramways Act (for street tramways), and the Light Railways Act of 1896 which was used for many urban tramways.
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 ÖBB - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Logo of the Austrian Federal Railways, ÖBB Österreichische Bundesbahnen - Austrian Federal Railways) is the national railway system of Austria.
It is the successor to the Bundesbahn Österreich (BBÖ) (Federal Railway of Austria) which was incorporated into the Deutsche Reichsbahn between 1938 and 1945.
96% of the Austrian rail system is electrified, electrification of the system having begun in 1912.
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 UNESCO WHS Semmering-Railway - Informations
Carl Ghega, born in Venice as a son of a offical of the navy.
At a rockfall in the area of the Weinzettlwand 14 labourer died: because of this the railway route was moved into the mountain which caused a lengthening of the tunnel.
The southern railway line built by the state is sold to a private company (Südbahn-Gesellschaft).
www.noe.co.at /partner/trsued/whsemmeringbahn/info_E.htm   (1803 words)

  
 European Railway Network
Therefore, on the Dutch sector is working since 2000, in public/private partnership; the southern railway section, from Rotterdam to the Belgian borders, has as deadline 2006, and the northern section, Amsterdam - Rotterdam the year 2007.
In Great Britain, there are in building stage the railway line between London and the English Channel, in a length of 108 km, which will be partially put into operation during the current year (the northern railway section from Kent) and the rest of it in 2007.
The new railway network will represent an additional argument for the transfer of the traffic from the road and air sectors to the railways, concomitantly being stimulated the regional economical development.
www.cfr.ro /JF/engleza/0307/reteaua.htm   (1735 words)

  
 Short history of the Hungarian Railways #2
This means, the Austrian Government warranted a certain level of interest rate for the railway companies for the case, if their profit will be less than calculated.
The third problem was that the railway companies rejected to build lines close to the borders, into the mountains.
They were the Austrian-Hungarian Southern Railway (SB/DV) and the Kaschau-Oderberg Railway (KsOd) as large companies; Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway and the Arad-Csanád Railway (ACSEV) as smaller one.
erojr.home.cern.ch /erojr/content/phylo/hunhist2.htm   (751 words)

  
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Railway signalling in France, Belgium, Germany and Austria has many similarities to American and British signalling, but many interesting differences as well.
French Railway Signalling mechanical and colour-light aspects and their meanings.
Railway Lamps In 1881, from a contemporary report.
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 Short history of the Hungarian Railways #1   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The first railway is Hungary was built relatively late, in 1846 only 30 kilometers (19 miles) between Budapest (that time it called only Pest) and Vác.
These railways already participated in the 1848-49 Revolution and Freedom's War, they carried troops and war material, if the battlefields were close to the line, but generally they had no important role in the war.
This time the railways on Hungarian territory were operated by several small and three larger private companies.
erojr.home.cern.ch /erojr/content/phylo/hunhist1.htm   (447 words)

  
 Rudolf Steiner Biography
He had a brother and sister and was the oldest of the three children born to Johann and Franziska Steiner.
His parents were Austrian and his father worked as a minor official for the Southern Austrian Railway.
Owing to his father's place of work being transferred to different railway stations, Steiner's early life was spent in different towns in the eastern region of Austria: Mödling (near Vienna), Pottschach, Neudörfl, Wiener-Neustadt and Inzerdorf (near Vienna).
www.skylarkbooks.co.uk /Rudolf_Steiner_Biography.htm   (3336 words)

  
 The European Railway Webring
Railways and rail travel in the Czech Republic, including tourist information, narrow gauge rail in Osoblaha and a history of the first horse railway on the European continent.
A railway and travel photography site, featuring photographs from Britain fron 1973 to the present, a selection of photographs from throughout Europe and a few from elsewhere in the world.
Our preferred method of working is for the railways themselves to hold an event using the locomotives in question, and we would promote the event.
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 passenger rail network of Austria
Rheinuferbahn www.ingr.co.uk/dienstbahn.html: Electrified 750 mm gauge railway for the transport of stones for flood protection dams from a quarry at Koblach to the Rhine mouth into Lake of Constance.
Pöstlingbergbahn: With a gradient of 105 promille (1 in 9.5) it is the steepest of those railways, that claim to be the steepest adhesion-only rail in the world.
Their museum for local railways is situated in the former Stubaitalbahnhof in Innsbruck.
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 NATO EADRCC: Exercise "Dacia 2003" - 7-10 October 2003
In the course of the same morning, there were a series of reports of suspicious packages spotted in various locations in town, namely in the water filtering station of Trivale and in the southern railway station.
An Austrian and a Romanian detection team as well as two Romanian demining teams were sent to investigate.
There were also 3 casualties rescued by the Austrian NGO Johanniter Umfallhilfe.
www.nato.int /eadrcc/2003/dacia/day02.htm   (621 words)

  
 Rudolf Steiner College
The extraordinary originality of Rudolf Steiner's mind led him to a philosophy which linked up the world of natural science with the world of Spirit; his revolutionary ideas took form in a number of enterprises, ranging from art and architecture to education and farming.
The son of a minor official on the Southern Austrian Railway, Rudolf Steiner was born on 27 February 1861 at Kraljevic, then on the borders of Austria and Hungary, now in Yugoslavia.
The modest schooling available made little impression on him but he was intensely awake to Nature, and to the personalities with whom he came into contact.
www.steinercollege.org /rudolfsteinerbarnes.html   (1400 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Rudolf Steiner Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rudolf Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, architect, playwright and educator, who is best known as the founder of Anthroposophy and its practical applications, including Waldorf Sc...
Rudolf Steiner (February 27, 1861 - March 30, 1925) was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, architect, playwright and educator, who is best known as the founder of Anthroposophy and its practical applications, including Waldorf School, Biodynamic Agriculture, the Camphill Movement, and the Christian Community.
Steiner's father was a huntsman in the service of Count Hoyos in Geras, and later became a telegraph operator and stationmaster on the Southern Austrian Railway.
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 Recent Product Additions :: Euro Collections International
The fourth coin in this series is dedicated to the Benedictine Abbey of St. Paul in the Lavanttal (or in the Lavant Valley) in the southern Austrian province of Carinthia.
The lid of the case is decorated with a metal plaque etched with an image of an Austrian old-timer locomotive and tender....
The second in the Austrian Railways series celebrates the 150th anniversary of the completion of the rail link between Vienna and Trieste.
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 Welcome to The International Railway Traveler (IRT)
The Railway Museum is located just east of Vienna in Strasshof, and will be celebrate opening day, with many steam engines, old lorries and buses in action.
Take in the southern part of Vienna Woods, including the Roman City of Baden, famous for its thermal springs; the former Mayerling hunting lodge, now a commemorative chapel; and the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (1133).
Stern and Hafferl Railways (B) In the lake district east of Salzburg are several local railways operated by Stern and Hafferl.
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Lighthouse between two ocean waves, above in left field: railway locomotive; in right field: ship.
Following the turmoil of Napoleon and the new political reorganisation of Europe, business tried to create structural conditions that would permit it to promote its interests in a more unimpeded fashion.
Thus in 1837 the Munich monetary convention was signed, a union of several southern German states.
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 Rudolf Steiner Biography and Timeline - The Gold Scales   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Johannes Steiner had to look for another occupation, and became a trainee telegraphist and signalman by the recently opened Austrian Southern Railway.
He was given his first job in an out-of-the-way request stop called Kraljevic (now Croatia), and there his first child, Rudolf, arrived on February 27 1861.
Works as a writer and lecturer on his ideas on social renewal, the Threefold Commonwealth, mainly in Southern Germany.
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 Railway Historical Societies & Rail Preservation - RailServe.com
Industrial Railway Society - Leading organization in the UK devoted to the study of all aspects, and all gauges, of privately owned industrial railways and locomotives, both at home and overseas
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland - Aims to preserve, maintain, and operate steam locomotives and historic carriages on the main line railways of Ireland; excursions operate from both Belfast and Dublin at Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and regularly during the summer months
Railways of the Far South - History of the railways, mostly narrow gauge steam, in the far south of South America and in the islands of the South Atlantic
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 Rudolf Steiner - A biographical Sketch
Perhaps the old Count had a foreboding as to what a great spiritual revolution would be born of this marriage.
(The baroque palace of Hom, where it happened, is still in the possession of the Hoyos family, and stands today just as it was one hundred years ago.) So Johannes Steiner had to look for another occupation, and got himself accepted as a trainee telegraphist and signalman by the recently opened Austrian Southern Railway.
He was given his first job in an out-of-the-way request stop called Kraljevic (today in Yugoslavia), and there his first child, Rudolf, arrived on February 27, 1861.
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 Michael Taylor's Links Page
For enthusiasts of the Southern Railway, it's constituents and successors.
The website for a group who are instrumental to the preservation of the narrow gauge railway from Zittau in Saxony.
A West of England group modelling the German Railways in Südostbayern in the period 1925 to 1933.
www.michaeltaylor.ca /links.shtml   (262 words)

  
 Austria Hotel and Airport Directoy
Austria is Europe's most beautiful and enchanting country, having a unique spirit, blending history, modern life and just a hint of aristocracy.
It is a country of striking contrasts, not only in its cities, but in the landscape and the suburban areas as well, starting from the Austrian Alps in the west up to the Danube Basin in the east.
Having those mighty mountains, it comes as natural for Austria to be one of the countries with top skiing resorts around the globe.
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