The Erzbergbahn
Prabichl station at the summit of the line with class 97 0-6-2RT number 97.208
standing there on the afternoon
passenger from Vordernberg to Eisenerz on 22/8/1967.
Another pair of 0-6-2RTs stand on the right with a loaded
ore train waiting to descend
the rack to Vordernberg. 97.208 will run round her train prior to descending the rack
to
Eisenerz. Photo Tony Bowles
The Erzbergbahnbahn was a 20km long standard gauge rack railway from Eisenerz to Vordernberg, the primary purpose of which was to provide a direct connection between the ironstone quarries at Erzberg and the steelworks at Donawitz, south of Vorderberg.
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