Austria & Slovenia 22/10 to 28/10 2005 "Wulkersprodersdorf Wanderings"
Another single manned trip to Austria mainly to mop up any required track for diesel but including more mileage behind 2095's. Also including another tilt at the Autovlak to get my first 644? (New locos again denoted by #) PS: all my Digital photo's around this period were lost when the Fotopic site closed down the same week that my own Computer crashed! (although I have two which I had printed off & have re-scanned).
Saturday 22/10/05
I obviously flew to Linz as I just seem to appear at Linz Hbf!
1044 042# Linz - Wels 1434 Wien West - Salzburg 25km101 074# Wels - Linz 1610 Salzburg - Wien West 25km
1044 115 Linz - Wels 1534 Wien West - Klagenfurt 25km
Then a positioning move for todays new track for diesel - under the wires from St.Valentin to Linz.
1044 017 Wels - St.Valentin 1710 Salzburg - Wien West 49km
Unit St. Valentin - Aisthofen 1853 St. Valentin - St. Nikola-Struden 15km
2143 041 Aisthofen - Linz 1634 Krems - Linz 39km
(Via St.Valentin Run Round)
1116 202# Linz - Salzburg 1750 Budapest Keleti - Zurich 127km
I can't remember the timings - it was either beer in Linz before this or in Salzburg after?
Daily Total = 305km
Sunday 23/10/05
Another trip to Gross gerungs for 2095 thrash & mileage.......
1116 086# Salzburg - Wien West 2344 Munchen - Budapest Keleti 317kmU6 Wien West - Spittelau
1142 688 Spittelau - Heiligenstadt 0620 Wien FJB - Krems 2km
1042 514 Heiligenstadt - Gmund No 0632 Wien FJB - Plzen 164km
1042 503# Gmund No - Vitis 0732 Ceske Budejovice - Wien FJB 15km
1144 280# Vitis - Gmund No 0708 Wien FJB - Gmund No 15km
Failed attempt number xx to have 2095 012:
2095 014 Gmund No - Gross Gerungs 0940 Gmund - Gross Gerungs 43km
I think there were about 5 pubs in or around the main square in Gross Gerungs which is why the service is designed this way - to cane in Sunday lunch, which of course I did as well as getting all the pubs in the book for a Beer.
2095 014 Gross Gerungs - Gmund No 1500 Gross Gerungs - Gmund No 43km
1044 082# Gmund No - Schwarzenau 1718 Gmund No - Wien FJB 24km
Unit Schwarzenau - Waidhofen an der Thaya 1747 Schwarzenau - Waidhofen an der Thaya 10km
Until I typed up this trip I had no idea that I'd ever stayed here - as I can remember nothing about it! Maybe if my digital photo's hadn't been lost I could have seen where I stayed and/or had a beer this evening!
Daily Total = 633km
Monday 24/10/05
With no new track today was about winners & doing the 2095 on the 1224 St.Polten to Laubenbachmuhle & return for the thrash & kliks.
2143 039 Waidhofen an der Thaya - Schwarzenau 0839 Waidhofen an der Thaya - Schwarzenau 10km1144 280 Schwarzenau - Absdorf-Hippersdorf 0732 Ceske Budejovice - Wien FJB 96km
1142 613# Absdorf-Hippersdorf - Krems 1000 Wien FJB - Krems 32km
Unit Krems - St.Polten 1108 Krems - St.Polten 31km
In inquiry the Guard said they decided to swop it today for an electric. Cheers! Much as I love these 1909 built electrics it's not what I did a 4 hour leap for.....
1099 007 St. Polten - Frankenfels 1224 St Polten - Laubenbachmuhle 43km
At least it gave me the opportunity to leap for a nice little pub lunch with a couple of beers in Frankenfels instead of going through for the kliks.
1099 007 Frankenfels - St. Polten 1453 Laubenbachmuhle - St Polten 43km
At least I could do the out & back Traisen move with a chance of 2 winning 2143's
2143 043 St.Polten - Traisen 1623 St.Polten - Hainfeld 19km
2143 063 Traisen - St.Polten 1628 Hainfeld - St.Polten 19km
Both Dud....... then good of them to put a 2095 back on the diagram on a train you can't do any mileage on!
2095 006 St.Polten - Ober Grafendorf 1724 St Polten - Laubenbachmuhle 12km
I spent the short journey chatting to Charles Hinton who had appeared on this.
Unit Ober Grafendorf - St.Polten 1723 Kirchberg - St.Polten 12km
101 084# St.Polten - Wien West 1610 Salzburg - Wien West 60km
Two nights booked in a nearby hotel, a chance to sample the delights of Vienna's fine brewing scene and I needed to be in Wien for Wednesday mornings move.
Daily Total = 377km
Tuesday 25/10/05
2143 073 Wien Sud - Simmering 0814 Wien Sud - Bratislava 4km2143 037 Simmering - Wien Sud 0722 Bratislava - Wien Sud 4km
2050 009# Wien Sud - Wulkaprodersdorf 0916 Wien Sud - Wulkaprodersdorf (Nice!) 89km
A new 2050 and plenty of new track for diesel to boot as booked the long way round via Neusiedl am See!
1014 007# Wulkaprodersdorf - Wien Sud 1131 Deutschkreutz - Wien Sud 59km
2143 056 Wien Sud - Schonfeld-Lasse 1214 Wien Sud - Bratislava 39km
2143 073 Schonfeld-Lasse - Wien Sud 1232 Bratislava - Wien Sud 39km
1014 008# Wien Sud - Meidling 1400 Wien Sud - Deutschkreutz 4km
Unit Meidling - Hutteldorf 1050 Hollabrunn - Hutteldorf 9km
2143 058# St.Polten - Hainfeld 1523 St Polten - Hainfeld 32km
I did this move to sample the Hainfeld brewery tap, built into the wall of the brewery a-
la-Fullers in Brentford with Keller beer on draught and served in stone jugs to boot!
I did this move to sample the Hainfeld brewery tap, built into the wall of the brewery a-
la-Fullers in Brentford with Keller beer on draught and served in stone jugs to boot!
1142 707 St.Polten - Tulln 1819 St.Polten - Tulln 49km
1142 622# Tulln - Heilgenstadt 1902 Krems - Wien FJB
Too many Breweries, too little time.
Daily Total = 447km
Wednesday 26/10/05
A national holiday in Austria, hence the 2143 worked the Lilienfeld today & the booked Green loco was a winner! It was also new track to Lilienfeld but I didn't fancy all day there!
2143 040# Wien Sud - Leobersdorf 0750 Wien Sud - Lilienfeld 35km
I know I got some decent shots - quite impressive with it's all green stock & loco. I have "borrowed" a photo from somebody else who was on board that day (ahem)
1116 226# Leobersdorf - Bad Voslau 0835 Wiener Neustadt - Florisdorf 4km
1141 024# Bad Voslau - Wiener Neustadt 0817 Wien Sud - Murzzuschlag 19km
I assume this was another Erlebniszug as never had another 1141 around here and it conveyed a portion for Puchberg
2068 021# Wiener Neustadt / Puchberg portion shunt 0.5km
I never did Puchberg and not sure if I was thinking of this today, however:
2143 064# Wiener Neustadt - Sopron 1033 Wiener Neustadt - Sopron 34km
I couldn't resist the winning 2143.
2016 061#) Sopron - Wiener Neustadt 1141 Sopron - Wiener Neustadt 34km
2016 016#)
1116 062# Wiener Neustadt - Meidling 0820 Villach - Wien Sud 46km
1116 040# Meidling - Wien Mitte 1235 Wiener Neustadt - Breclav 7km
U4 Wien Mitte - Spittelau
1144 285# Spittelau - Krems 1400 Wien FJB - Krems 78km
Unit Krems - Durnstein Oberloiben 1540 Krems - Spitz a d Donau 7km
I do believe I had time for a cheeky glass of red wine here - well you have to scour the earth for a pint of beer in this mega wine producing area!
2043 016# Durnstein Oberloiben - Krems 1518 Emmersdorf - Krems 7km
2043 016 Krems - Stein-Mautern 1634 Krems - Linz 3km
2143 055# Stein-Mautern - Krems 1353 St.Valentin - Krems 3km
Unit Krems - St.Polten 1708 Krems - St.Polten 31km
1116 021# St.Polten - Wels 1730 Wien West - Bregenz 155km
1142 674# Wels - Neumarkt Kalham 1917 Linz - Passau 31km
Unit Neumarkt Kalham - Reid im Innkries 2007 Neumarkt Kalham - Branau am Inn 23km
Phew, that was a long way to leap on the off chance of one winning 2043!
2043 021# Reid im Innkries - Scharding 1917 Attnang Pucheim - Scharding 34km
1142 674 Scharding - Wels 2107 Passau - Wels 69km
1116 266# Wels - Salzburg 2034 Wien West - Venice 102km
I must be a Ned - all the days SIXTEEN loco's were WINNERS!!
Daily Total = 722km
Thursday 27/10/05
1116 048# Salzburg - Villach 2034 Wien West - Venice 188kmI did the overnight to Villach on my way into Slovenia to cover the Autovlak, waking up for a very pleasant surprise:
2016 052# Villach - Jesenice 0505 Villach - Jesenice 38km
Winning track for diesel under the wires from Arnoldstein!
Unit Jesenice - Bohinjska Bistrica 0612 Jesenice - Sezana 28km
644 016# Bohinjska Bistrica - Podbrdo 0715 Bohinjska Bistrica - Podbro 7km
644 016 Podbrdo - Bohinjska Bistrica 0755 Podbrdo - Bohinjska Bistrica 7km
644 016 Bohinjska Bistrica - Podbrdo 0835 Bohinjska Bistrica - Most Na Soci 7km
Then hot-foot back into Austria
Unit Podbrdo - Jesenice 0633 Sezana - Jesenice 35km
1116 190# Jesenice - Villach 0750 Zagreb - Munchen 38km
1116 083# Villach - Velden am Worthsee 1220 Villach - Wien Sud 16km
1142 589# Velden am Worthsee - Klagenfurt 1016 Lienz - Bruck a d Mur 22km
2043 070 Klagenfurt - Rosenbach 1348 Klagenfurt - Rosenbach 31km
Quick pint in the pub next to station approach road
1142 644# Rosenbach - Villach 1510 Rosenbach - Lienz 25km
Time to cover the evening rush at Villach - NO diesel winners to be had!
1116 059# Villach - Velden am Worthsee 0600 Dortmund - Klagenfurt 16km
1044 025 Velden am Worthsee - Villach 1745 Klagenfurt - Villach 16km
1044 016# Villach - Seebach bei Villach 1830 Villach - Freisach 2km
1142 589 Seebach bei Villach - Villach 1608 Bruck a d Mur - Villach 2km
Disillusioned by the lack of winners I probably slopped off for an evening in the brewpub (that's another night staying somewhere I've forgotten about!)
Daily Total = 478km
Friday 28/10/05
A lazy start - well I didn't need to cover any of the diesel turns this morning as all dud from last night!1116 009# Villach - Klagenfurt 0647 Venice - Wien Sud 38km
1116 151# Klagenfurt - Villach 0630 Wien Sud - Venice 38km
1116 153# Villach - Klagenfurt Annabichl 1120 Villach - Freisach 42km
EI-DAW Klagenfurt Flughafen - Stansted Airport
Unit Stansted Airport - Tottenham Hale 1500 Stansted - Liverpool Street
91116 Kings X - Doncaster 1605 Kings X - Leeds 156miles
Daily Total = 118km
Total KM = 3100 Total Moves = 79
Daily Average = 442.8 Average Per Move = 39.2km
A good trip with most objectives covered, shame the 1224 ex St.Polten on Monday didn't get the booked 2095! I'd do it all again if only we could leave this Blessed isle, Poodle.
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