A Merry Christmas to all....
A couple of snaps from Selzthal in central Austria to mark the festive season, taken on 1st April, 1986.
I always felt the 1042 electrics in their prime were very overlooked by enthusiasts, a bit like the 47's in Britain with all 512 of them!
Here a pair are seen about to leave Selzthal with train D499, 19.52 Hamburg to Zagreb, which has reached here at 09.43 the following morning, via Passau. I joined the train at Linz, for the spectacular journey via the Bosruck pass. Fortunately it is now a Tuesday not a weekend as no doubt the train would then have been packed, with Gastarbeiter returning to the Balkans and beyond from employment in West Germany.
1042.536 is at the front, still carrying the older style cast ÖBB emblem, but unfortunately I don't have the identity of the second loco. DB stock can just be seen behind in the beautiful blue and cream livery of the time.
A Merry Christmas to all....
A couple of snaps from Selzthal in central Austria to mark the festive season, taken on 1st April, 1986.
I always felt the 1042 electrics in their prime were very overlooked by enthusiasts, a bit like the 47's in Britain with all 512 of them!
Here a pair are seen about to leave Selzthal with train D499, 19.52 Hamburg to Zagreb, which has reached here at 09.43 the following morning, via Passau. I joined the train at Linz, for the spectacular journey via the Bosruck pass. Fortunately it is now a Tuesday not a weekend as no doubt the train would then have been packed, with Gastarbeiter returning to the Balkans and beyond from employment in West Germany.
1042.536 is at the front, still carrying the older style cast ÖBB emblem, but unfortunately I don't have the identity of the second loco. DB stock can just be seen behind in the beautiful blue and cream livery of the time.