Semmering Railway, Austria
Part 1 -Tunnels and Viaducts Along the Railway Line Seen from the Tower and Viewpoint Above Breitenstein

Weinzettlwand Tunnel to Adlitzgraben Viaduct


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Near the Wolfsbergkogel station you will find a tower overlooking a good part of the Semmeringbahn (Semmering Railway). The location is called Doppelreiterkogel and you get there by following the 'Bahnwanderweg' signs. From this tower, supplemented with the nearby lookout (the '20 Schilling' lookout), you can see all the tunnels and viaducts of the central portion of the Semmering Railway.

Below is a sequence of photos from these lookout points starting with Weinzettlwand Tunnel and following the line uphill.
Image Weinzettlwand Tunnel Length 688m
The side wall of this tunnel opens up in part to the outside (called a gallery). To the left one can make out the exit. As the curves almost 90 degrees the entry point (out to the right) is not visible from the tower.
Image Km 96.7 Weinzettlfeld Tunnel Elevation 785m, length 239m
This tunnel is covered by trees amd, mostly, a green field. Shortly after the exit from this tunnel the line curves left into Breitenstein Station.
Image Km 97.6: Breitenstein Station
Elevation 792m
The train travels west (left) towards Semmering.
Image Km 98.1 Kleiner Krausel Tunnel
Elevation 804m, length: 13.55m
This is the first tunnel after Breitenstein. It's not very long. West (left) of the tunnel comes the Krauselklause viaduct (the train on the picture travels east, down into the valley).
Image Km 98.1 Krauselklause Viaduct
Elevation 806m, length 87m, slope 1:60
This viaduct has two storeys of arches.
Image Km 98.2 Polleroswand Tunnel
Length 337m
This tunnel connects the Krauselklause viaduct (right) with the Kalte Rinne viaduct (left).
Image Km 98.7 Kalte Rinne Viaduct
Elevation 813m, length 184m, height 46m, slope 1:60.
The photo was taken from the '20 Schilling' viewpoint.
Image Km 100.4 Adlitzgraben Viaduct
Elevation 851m, length 151m, height 24m
This viaduct is also known as the 'Fleischmann Viadukt' - the German model-railway manufacturer Fleischmann must have used it as the prototype for a model. Regretably, not much of the viaduct is visible.
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The tower on Doppelreiterkogel seen from Breitenstein.
Most of the photos on this page were taken from this tower.

Part 2: The Tunnels and Viaducts as Seen from the Train

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