!!!Zahnradbahnen

Cog Railways, serve as mountain railways to make Austrian regions and 
lookouts at high altitudes accessible for tourists. The tractive power 
generated by the locomotive is transmitted onto a rack laid between 
the rails by means of a cogwheel. Various systems were already 
developed in the 19%%sup th/%  century. In Austria the one-metre-gauge 
lines Jenbach - Achensee (1889, Riggenbach system, steam traction), 
St. Wolfgang - Schafbergspitze (1893, Abt system, steam and 
diesel traction) and Puchberg am Schneeberg - Hochschneeberg (1897, 
Abt system, steam traction) are currently in operation. In former 
times cog railways also ran up Kahlenberg Hill in Vienna (1874-1920) 
and Gaisberg Mountain in Salzburg (1887-1928). The standard-gauge 
Erzbergbahn railway, mainly used for the transport of iron ore, was 
opened in 1891; from 1978 on it was operated as an adhesion railway, 
since 1988 it has been run as a museum railway.

!Literature
K. Fader, Zahnradbahnen der Alpen, 1996.


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