Portal:Trains/Featured picture/Week 34, 2005

The Semmering Railway in Austria.

A train of the Semmering Railway is dwarfed by the Austrian Alps.

The Semmering Railway, in Austria, which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag, is commonly referred to as the world's first mountain railway. It was the first mountain railway in Europe built with standard gauge track, and is still fully functional. The Semmering Railway is part of the Austrian Southern Railway.

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