Wine window
Framed by a wine trellis, 2050.09 leads a Sonderzug to the Sonnwendfeier (Summer solstice festival) in Spitz on the Donau and is seen here shortly before Weißenkirchen in der Wachau. The Donauuferbahn is an exceptionally scenic line that passes through the famed Wachau valley of the Donau River. Sadly it is a victim of Lower Austrian transport policy and has had its middle segment abandoned and the remainder between Krems and Emmersdorf reduced to a weekend tourist operation with rather unphotogenic golden DMUs. Not only unfortunate from the photographers point of view but also the passengers. The line is not included in the local tarriff agreement so a strange situation prevails where a bus line and the railway operate parallel to one another on the same schedule.
Wine window
Framed by a wine trellis, 2050.09 leads a Sonderzug to the Sonnwendfeier (Summer solstice festival) in Spitz on the Donau and is seen here shortly before Weißenkirchen in der Wachau. The Donauuferbahn is an exceptionally scenic line that passes through the famed Wachau valley of the Donau River. Sadly it is a victim of Lower Austrian transport policy and has had its middle segment abandoned and the remainder between Krems and Emmersdorf reduced to a weekend tourist operation with rather unphotogenic golden DMUs. Not only unfortunate from the photographers point of view but also the passengers. The line is not included in the local tarriff agreement so a strange situation prevails where a bus line and the railway operate parallel to one another on the same schedule.