Schneeberg Railway (cog railway)

Schneeberg Railway
Steam train and view to the summit
Overview
Native nameSchneebergbahn
Line number198.01
Technical
Line length9.851 km (6.121 mi)
Rack systemAbt
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Minimum radius80 m (262.5 ft)
Operating speed15 km/h (9.3 mph) max.
Maximum incline19.6  %
Route map

0,000
Puchberg am Schneeberg
577 m (AA)
Standard gauge railway junction
0,205
Sebastianbach
1,098
Hengsttal
613 m above sea level (AA)
3,040
Hauslitzsattel
824 m above sea level (AA)
4,523
Hengst Hut
1,012 m above sea level (AA)
5,030
Water point at Hengst
5,940
Ternitzerhütte
1,231 m above sea level (AA)
7,360
Baumgartner
1,398 m above sea level (AA)
7,360
Water point at Baumgartner
8,532
Tunnel 1 (177 m)
8,886
Tunnel 2 (202 m)
9,672
Hochschneeberg
terminus
1,792 m above sea level (AA)
Salamander diesel locomotive at station Baumgartner

The Schneeberg Railway (German: Schneebergbahn) is one of three rack railways in Austria still operating, and runs from the small town of Puchberg am Schneeberg in Lower Austria up to a plateau beneath the Schneeberg summit. At 2,076 metres (6,811 ft), the Schneeberg is the highest mountain in Lower Austria. The other two working cog railways in Austria are the Schafberg Railway (opened in 1893) and the Achensee Railway (opened in 1889).