Still on the way, limited time for- & access- to internet. Anyhow I am using this opportunity to post a photo of strong steam locomotive. This is a motion part of the 'Sauschwänzlebahn' of Wutach Valley Railway. The Wutach Valley Railway is popularly known as the Sauschwänzlebahn, literally the Pigtail Line, because of the wide-ranging convoluted route. This was necessary to keep the gradient below 1%. The distance of 9.6 km as the crow flies was extended to a track length of more than 25 km by means of curved sections, terminal loops and a loop tunnel. The line was built between 1887 and 1890 and was in official service until 1976. The section from Blumberg-Zollhaus to Weizen has been a museum railway since 1977 and is a popular place for excursions. The locomotive 52 7596 was built in 1944 by the Locomotive Factory Florisdorf in Vienna. After the II World War this locomotive was belonging to the Austrian Federal Railways, of which German Zoller Train Railway enthusiasts the took Locomotive in 1978 over. The propellant / coupled wheels are 1.4 m in diameter, the impeller diameter is 0.85 m and the length over buffers is 22.975 m. The performance of 142.7 ton heavy locomotive 1,620hp (1,192kW) with a boiler pressure of 16 bar; the coal and water storage is 10 t and 30 m3 respectively. via 500px http://ift.tt/YcpBbY
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