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	Semmering Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Semmering Railway, Austria, which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag is commonly referred to as the world's first mountain railway, especially given the very difficult terrain and difference in height.
		The designer of the Semmering Railway, Carl Ritter von Ghega, used the newest technologies for the construction of locomotives, which were the first ones to handle the extreme upward gradients and turning radii.
		A trip on the Semmering Railway, whose route is still functioning 150 years after its building, still turns out with its varied landscape, the typical buildings of mansions and the characteristic succession of viaducts and tunnel constructions as special experience.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Semmering_Railway (544 words)

	Semmering Railway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was the first mountain (Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system) railway in Europe built with a (Railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches) standard gauge track, and is still fully functional.
		The Semmering Railway is part of the (additional info and facts about Austrian Southern Railway) Austrian Southern Railway.
		In 1998 the Semmering Railway was added to the list of the UNESCO (additional info and facts about World Heritage) World Heritage sites.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/semmering_railway.htm (468 words)

	STYRIA - LoveToKnow Article on STYRIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The principal ramifications of the primitive Alps of Carinthia and Styria are: the Stang Alps with the Knigsstuhl (7646 ft.) and Eisenhut (8oo7 ft.), the Judenburger or Seethaler Alps with the Zirbitzkogel (7862 ft.), and the Koralpen which culminates in the Grosser Speikkogel (7023 ft.).
		In this group is the famous Semmering Pass, which leads from Lower Austria into Styria and is crossed by the Semmering railway.
		This railway, which was completed in 1854, is the oldest of the great continental mountain railways, and is remarkable for its numerous and long tunnels, its viaducts and galleries.
	27.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STYRIA.htm (1456 words)

	The Semmering Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Semmering Railway was designed for an axle load of 6 tons, but today it amounts to 22.5 tons.
		In conclusion it can be stated that the Semmering Railway, whose construction was "decreed by Imperial Edict" over 150 years ago (3 August 1842), still meets the requirements of today.
		At the turn of the century the tunnel was closed with doors between trains, and the attempt was made to heat it with gas burners.
	www.semmering.at /en/history/ghegarailway.html (1066 words)

	Thomas's Glassware Tour --- Semmering (A)
		Semmering became well-known as a climatic resort at the end of the 19th century.
		The Semmering railway line (41 km) is part of the Südbahn railway (1839–1857) from Vienna via Graz, Maribor and Ljubljana to Trieste.
		Carried by 16 viaducts that are supported by several arches, the Semmering railway crosses gorges, runs through 15 tunnels and reaches its highest point at 897 metres in the main tunnel (1,430 m long, then considered the most famous building of its kind).
	www.thomasgraz.net /glass/gl-031.htm (559 words)

	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.
		Criterion C iv: With the construction of the Semmering Railway, areas of great natural beauty became more easily accessible and as a result these were developed for residential and recreational use, creating a new form of cultural landscape.
	www.noe.co.at /partner/trsued/whsemmeringbahn/info_E.htm (1803 words)

	Semmering Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Semmering is the site of the world's first mountain railway and served as the prototype for bridges and tunnels for mountain railways.
		It is actually a portion of the southern railway leading from Vienna to Trieste and was constructed by the Austrian state.
		Ghega got a job as an inspector for the railway and worked on three different variations on the Semmering railway until he handed in his proposal in1844.
	www.diveguy.net /austria/semmering/index_p1.html (3381 words)

	Railways as World Heritage Sites
		Railway companies frequently came to own canals, while the transfer of technologies between the different modes occurred regularly, especially during the construction phase: railway lines were built by teams of men known in Britain and elsewhere as ‘navvies’ — derived from the name ‘navigator’ that groups of labourers acquired while building inland waterways.
		Railway construction on the plains between 1858 and 1878, partly by the broad-gauge Eastern Bengal Railway (EBR) and partly by the metre-gauge state-owned Northern Bengal Railway (NBR), connected Calcutta with Siliguri, at the foot of the Himalaya.
		Railways have always been built as a means to some other end, and it would be fitting if this fact were reflected by the inclusion of railways as integral parts of locations designated as World Heritage sites partly or chiefly for other reasons.
	www.icomos.org /studies/railways.htm (14146 words)

	Tourist Sites - World
		The present Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Company was formed in 1993 by the members of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Association, now a Trust, with the aim of reconstructing as much as possible of this once famous narrow gauge railway.
		Mid Norfolk Railway: The Trust has undertaken a caretaking role on the southern part of the branch carrying out maintenance on the buildings and rail infrastructure, all of which had been neglected since the withdrawal of freight on the branch in 1989.
		Welsh Highland Railway: 2ft gauge railway preserving the heritage of the Welsh Highland Railway and North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways.
	www.cwrr.com /nmra/Touristb-World.html (2265 words)

	International Travel News: European Potpourri. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Semmering mountain railway, the first European railway to traverse a mountain chain, was added to the World Heritage Sites list in 2000, which puts it on an equal footing with the Acropolis or the Great Wall of China.
		In presenting the World Heritage diploma, the UNESCO director described the inclusion of this railway as "an unprecedented recognition of the fact that the railway and nature constitute an integral work of art.
		Languages of the EU Details of the new European currency continue to be distributed, with the latest folder containing spellings of the words "euro" and "cent" in the 11 official languages of the European Community (Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish and Swedish).
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:78873406&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf&COOKIE=NO (1336 words)

	Semmering Railway Part 5 - Railway Photographs
		This final summer time gallery deals with the section between the south exit of the Semmering tunnel and the southern end of the ramp section at Muerzzuschlag.
		The border to Lower Austria is at the Semmering pass.
		Gysev is the Hungarian abbreviation of Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurt railway.
	www.ebepe.com /html/semmering_4e.html (1322 words)

	The hiking trail along the historic Semmering Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Shortly afterwards there is a magnificent panoramic view of the most interesting section of the railway from the vantage point on the Doppelreiterkogel.
		On this section there is an impressive view of the railway itself, the Adlitzgräben (10), the Sonnwendstein, Wartenstein Castle and the panorama of the Semmering.
		Here there is a small open-air museum (with a steam engine, a cable car of the Rax cable railway, a set of carriages of the local line) and an exhibition of documentary photographs on the subject of 140 years of the Semmering Railway.
	www.semmering.or.at /en/kurvw/hikingrailway.html (545 words)

	Semmering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Sonnwendstein and Hirschenkogel lie to the east of it, the Penken-Kogel to the west.
		The project is supported by the Austrian Federal Government and the governments of Styria and Carinthia, but heavily opposed by the government of Lower Austria, which persists in blocking the project by issuing negative environmental impact statements.
		The Semmering ski resort, which also hosts World Cup events, is located at the pass and extends on the Hirschenkogel mountain.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Semmering.htm (387 words)

	Austria - Semmering Railway
		The outlay of the railway over the Semmering, one of the most beautiful pass-landscapes is so outstanding, that even today it still earns admiration.
		While Carl Ritter von Ghega used all technical possibilities available at that time in building the first mountain railway with a minimum rail radius and the highest upward gradient, be also achieved an integration of the railway course into the landscape, which absolutely increased its beauty.
		People living near the railway course are able to admire the newest traction vehicles a long time before their official use.
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-AustriaSemmering.htm (281 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - mtncorg's Semmering Travel Page
		Semmering is an old vacation resort that was favored by the Viennese for years.
		The railway lead to the development of a vacation resort for the people of Vienna and the construction of several monolithic hotels.
		Semmering once was a very bustling vacation center for the well-to-do and faded pictures show the archdukes at play in Semmering in the late 19th Century.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/41c8a/4ebc1 (544 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Travel
		The first was the Semmering Railway in Austria glimpses of which were seen in the movie Sound of Music.
		Although a number of hill railways exist in India, this was the first to be built in the country.
		The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was built to improve the commerce and tourism of the area and reduced the time taken to get to Darjeeling by a day.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000109/spectrum/travel.htm (969 words)

	Darjeeling @ Zubin.Com - The Toy Train
		DHR is only the second railway to have this distinction - the first being the Semmering Railway in Austria.
		Officially known as the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, it is as much a pioneering work of achievement, projecting not only its engineering ingenuity but also a historic development of the 19th century British convalescent center in the remote north eastern Himalayas.
		In 1914, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) was further extended down south towards Kishanganj and close to the Nepalese frontier for jute traffic and in 1915.
	www.zubin.com /darjeeling/train.htm (1601 words)

	Objectives of the Stakeholder Workshop in Jan 2002 on Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
		Recommendations of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Societies in their annual conferences, publications and communications during the last 5 years could also be taken together.
		How the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is an outstanding example of a hill passenger railway and the bold and ingenious engineering solutions that have been applied in overcoming the problem of establishing an effective and pioneering rail link across a mountainous terrain of great beauty.
		A coordinated strategy is needed for the Railways and others to guarantee that the site is not damaged beyond repair and to ensure that it survives for thousands of years.
	www.geocities.com /dhrworkshop/objectives.htm (779 words)

	Background to Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) Stakeholder Workshop 2002
		This Railway needs to be operated as a preserved heritage tourist Railway and get necessary community support as is done in similar such systems in other parts of the world.
		There are problems in maintenance but the lovers of this mountain Railway in India and abroad are receiving news of the introduction of diesel locomotives with hesitation and regret.
		Additional sources of income for the Railway through commercial utilization of land, workshop, building, hospital and other resources, revenue through sale of souvenirs, contracts for stalls, food, beverages and advertising and event management can be planned.
	www.geocities.com /dhrworkshop/background.htm (596 words)

	Austrian Southern Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		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.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Austrian-Southern-Railway.htm (310 words)

	Payerbach :::: Internationale Informationen
		Behind the park there is the parish church built in Gothic style which is dedicated to Saint Jacob and which keeps an eye over the local authority of the village and the village itself.
		The historical railway station is at the same time destination and starting point for the numerous wanderers who arrive daily in order to explore the wonderful landscape on the well-kept hiking tracks.
		One hiking track, the Semmering railway hiking track (its German is Semmeringbahn-Wanderweg), leads you from here to the Semmering railway station and offers you the most beautiful views of the World’s Cultural Heritage “Semmeringbahn” (Semmering railway) (www.semmeringbahn.info) which celebrated its 150th birthday in the year 2004.
	www.payerbach.at /cgi-bin/ONLWYSIWYG/ONL.cgi?WHAT=INFOSHOW&INFONUMMER=950640&ONLFA=KUEB (376 words)

	Euro Collections International :: View Product
		The coin depicts an historical and a modern locomotive on the obverse and a typical Semmering panorama on the reverse.
		The engineer, Carl von Ghega, was responsible for the railway construction in the Habsburg Empire and he conducted thorough studies and surveys of the Semmering area in preparation for a line south over the Alps.
		The Semmering Alpine Railway was a pioneer in railway construction and today it is ranked among the objects classified as ?World Heritage?.
	eurocollections.com /catalog?category=195&product=994 (580 words)

	Austrian Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Semmering Railway's construction was "decreed by Imperial Edict" on August 3, 1842.
		The Semmering is the most easterly and lowest (3,232 ft) of the great Alpine passes, at the boundary between the Austrian provinces of Styria and Lower Austria.
		The Semmering Railway, the first mountain railway in the world, passes 282 ft below the summit of the pass through a tunnel nearly one mile long.
	www.austria.org /oldsite/sep00/unesco.html (1291 words)

	EH.N: ANN: First International Conference of the International Railway History Association
		The conference will focus on the major investors who, in the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, first established railway shares as an act of national unity.
		We would like to discuss the role of financiers, businessmen and engineers of the railways in the time when certain well-known individuals of European capitalism appear on the scene.
		The Influence of Railway Photographs Circulation on French and Spanish Modern Painting in the 19th Century Second Half Saturday, 18.
	www.eh.net /pipermail/eh.news/2004-July/000722.html (322 words)

	RAIL SITES
		The layout is a totally modern image railway (still under construction) and has everything from industrial, to commercial and housing.
		The "Saxon Semmering-railway" is a railway line on the outskirts of the cities Dresden and Freital (Central Europe, Germany, Saxony).
		It is the oldest mountain railway in Germany.
	q.webring.com /hub?ring=railsites (1820 words)

	A local train named desire
		The railroad line in Semmering, Austria, which has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1998, belongs to the “cultural landscapes” that first made their appearance on the list in 1994.
		The train crosses the daunting Semmering Pass at an altitude of 895 metres, travels through 14 tunnels (with a total length of 1,477 metres), over 16 viaducts (with a total length of 1,607 metres), four of which have two stories, and under more than 100 vaults.
		The Semmering railroad was rebuilt many times over the years, especially as the weight and speed of trains have increased.
	www.unesco.org /courier/2001_06/uk/culture.htm (1712 words)

	Semmeringbahn ZAUBERBERG SEMMERING Outings/Day Trips Tiscover Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Semmering railway can proudly look back on 150 years of age.
		Among others, the exhibition gives an insight into the highly innovative building technique (at the time) of the railway line, analyses its military strategic and trade political aspect and effect and compares the former significance of the Semmering mountain pass to the one today.
		Opening of a viaduct-path (May 15, Payerbach), for mountain bikers: the "Ghega-Marathon" (May 31, Payerbach), opening of the viaduct rooms and a "southern railway vinotheque" (July 17, Payerbach), a historical procession of all communities from Gloggnitz to Mürzzuschlag (August 22, Semmering) and six steam locomotives on their way from Vienna to Mürzzuschlag (October 10).
	www.tiscover.at /at/guide/5,en,TISA/objectId,SIG674856at,curr,EUR,season,at2,selectedEntry,home/home.html (266 words)

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