European Railroad Discussion > 45 minutes at Bischofshofen, Austria

Had I known how scenic the views are in Bischofshofen, Austria, I would have tried to work in more time there instead of just using it as a base to travel the Tauern Tunnel line and to get to Zell am See to ride the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn steam train. But I did have 45 minutes of sunlight (although shadowed in the deep valley) after arriving back from Mallnitz-Obervellach and captured a variety of action.

1. As I have said before, a few locomotive models may dominate the European rail scene but there is no shortage of variety in paint schemes. Here is an ÖBB 1116-class Taurus in push-mode on a northbound railjet 'celebrating' greentec steel. They appear to have stolen Amtrak's "whale" scheme used on the P42DC and P40DC models. The German says "while you get in, we'll get out" which makes no sense to me.

2. A southbound Bombardier-built 4023-class Talent EMU bound for Schwarzach-St. Veit rolls into the station.

3. A southbound unit tank car train behind an ÖBB 1293-class Vectron. I like the 'large print' ÖBB paint scheme.

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4. A southbound passenger with an unusual combination of an older locomotive and newer (or refurbished?) City Shuttle coaches.

5. Another southbound passenger with a City Shuttle cab control car, two 'standard' coaches, and an ÖBB 1116-class Taurus pushing.

6. And finally, a southbound railjet in push-mode with a matching 1116-class Taurus at the rear.

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NMlurker Wrote:
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 The German
> says "while you get in, we'll get out" which makes
> no sense to me.

Its only a little bit clearer if you translate the second
part this way "We are already getting out". Even then
it doesn't translate well into English.

Could it be translated: When you get on board, we get going.  Gerry

Nice photos and excellent scenery.

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The paint scheme on the locomotive in picture # 1 looks like it was inspired by the Amtrak Phase V paint scheme.