On October
15th, 2011 one of the rare operations of the diesel locomotive
D40 in the passenger traffic took place. A special train had been
ordered for that day and because the steam locomotives couldn`t
be used because the engines were prepared for the winter and the
diesel locomotive 2091.03 is away on the Pinzgau Local Railway
the diesel locomotive D 40 had to pull that special train, the
last train of the 2011 season.
The diesel locomotive D 40 is one of two still existing locomotives
of the series HF 200, which was in use for the former German Wehrmacht.
The locomotive D 40 was constructed in 1942 by the manufacturer
Deutz-Köln, Germany with the number 36643. After World War
II the engine was located in Austria and in 1945 it came to the
Salzkammergut Local Railway (SKGLB), where the locomotive, which
now had the number D 40, was used for freight trains between Salzburg
and bad Ischl. After the close down of the SKGLB the locomotive
was sold to the Styrian State Railways. Till 1986 the engine was
located at Kapfenberg and St. Erhard. In 1986 the Club 760 purchased
the locomotive. The locomotive is located at Mauterndorf as reserve
and for special events. Because the passengers of the Taurach
Railway prefer steam trains, the operations of the D 40 are very
rare.
See here some photos of that special run:
View to the motor of diesel locomotive
D 40
The four-axle bogie of the diesel locomotive
D 40 illuminated by the deep sun
D 40 at the station St. Andrä Anderlwirt
The special train between St. Andrä
and Lintsching
D 40 pulling the spacial train at the
station "Mariapfarr".
Review
to the season 2011
The summer, which was not really a summer, is past and so did
the train season of the Taurach railway. The steam locomotives
are prepared for the winter and it is time to review the season.
It was without great attractions except the special train from
Mauterndorf to Murau on July 23rd, 2011. Even if e rainy and
cold weather during the summer was disappointing for the tourists
it was a successful season for the Taurach Railway. The trains
all were fulled up, especially the trains on Friday afternoon.
Here are some impressions made by our clubmate Mr. Wolfgang
Hojna-Leidolf.
Steam locomotive SKGLB 12
with passenger train at St. Andrä-Andlwirt
Steam locomotive SKGLB 12 with passenger train to Mauterndorf
near Lintsching
Steam locomotive 699.01 with passenger train at the stop
Lintsching
Station Mauterndorf with passenger train pulled by steam
locomotive SKGLB 12
