Cinderpath, Motown in the Alps
Fall at the Trisanna River Viaduct on the Arlburg Railway
The Arlberg Railway (German: Arlbergbahn), which connects the Austrian cities Innsbruck and Bludenz, and Switzerland is Austria's only east-west mountain railway. It is one of the highest standard gauge railways in Europe and the second highest in Austria, after the Brenner. The 135.7 km line is a highly problematic mountain railway, in part because it is threatened by avalanches, mudslides, rockfalls and floods. The eastern side of the summit is on a 2.6% grade, and the western side is 3.4%. Here an eastward container train crosses one the lines signature engineering works, the 230m (754 feet) long and 87m (285 feet) high Traisana Bridge over its namesake river. The castle, Schloss Wiesberg, dates from the year 1271. More recently, In May 1945 The Deutschen Wehrmacht Army Oberkommando 24 retreated to the castle, and began von their Armistice negotiations with the Americans, whom had liberated Tirol on May 8th, 1945. The castle is currently privately owned, and not open to the public.
Fall at the Trisanna River Viaduct on the Arlburg Railway
The Arlberg Railway (German: Arlbergbahn), which connects the Austrian cities Innsbruck and Bludenz, and Switzerland is Austria's only east-west mountain railway. It is one of the highest standard gauge railways in Europe and the second highest in Austria, after the Brenner. The 135.7 km line is a highly problematic mountain railway, in part because it is threatened by avalanches, mudslides, rockfalls and floods. The eastern side of the summit is on a 2.6% grade, and the western side is 3.4%. Here an eastward container train crosses one the lines signature engineering works, the 230m (754 feet) long and 87m (285 feet) high Traisana Bridge over its namesake river. The castle, Schloss Wiesberg, dates from the year 1271. More recently, In May 1945 The Deutschen Wehrmacht Army Oberkommando 24 retreated to the castle, and began von their Armistice negotiations with the Americans, whom had liberated Tirol on May 8th, 1945. The castle is currently privately owned, and not open to the public.