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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 9 (January 1, 1934)
The Austrian Railways
The Austrian Railways
(From Our London Correspondent.)
Remodelling of the frontiers of several Central European countries during the
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past few years has presented many perplexing problems for the railway administrations. In Austria, instead of the railways forming a compact network with Vienna as their focal point, the system has been severely pruned, especially in the north and east. The railways of Austria to-day total about 3,900 miles, and are, of course, State owned. There are two principal trunk routes, one connecting Vienna with the Swiss frontier at Buchs, via the Arlberg line; and the other running south-west from Vienna to Venice and Italian points.
A section of the W. W. Stewart Railway Museum at the residence of Mr. Stewart, Mt. Albert, Auckland.
Steam locomotives total about 2,250. For passenger working there are utilised locomotives of the 2-8-4, 2-6-4 and 4-8-0 wheel arrangements. Most powerful of these is the 2-8-4 type. This is the type of locomotive that is generally used to draw the “Orient Express” and the “Ostend-Vienna Express” across Austria. The “Orient Express” train-deluxe runs between Calais, on the French coast, and Constantinople. The famous “Ostend-Vienna Express” is routed via Brussels, Cologne, the Rhine Valley, and Frankfort.