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The Mariazeller Bahn (Railway of Mariazell) is an electrical narrow-gauge railway in Austria with a track width of 760 millimeters, which drives between St. Pölten and Mariazell. Barrier driver special train with Kirchberg at the PielachDie Maria cell hereditary ancestor is the only electrically operated narrow-gauge railway of the Austrian federal courses and historically conditionally with single-face alternating voltage of 6,6 kV and a frequency of 25 cycles per second is operated. Since alternating current of this frequency cannot be inferred from the traction network and public electricity mains, this course orders these over its own traction network, for that, although the course belongs since 1922 the OEBB, is responsible, but the power supply firm EVN.

Course

Poelten begins and changes 85 km long distance south for the city of the valley of the Traisen into that the Pielach in pc.. In upper count village the Krumpe in such a way specified (Noe. dialect, of "bent") branches, a branch, which leads by the Alpine foreland in approximately western direction across Kilb, Mank and pc. Leonhard at the forest after weasel castle, where it meets the normalspurige distance by the Erlauftal after Scheibbs and Kienberg Gaming. The formerly schmalspurige continuation after Gresten was converted 1998 because of the extensive goods traffic on standard gauge. In the connection with it 2001 also the distance section lain east of weasel castle were adjusted after Ruprechtshofen; there is regular enterprise only more between upper count village and Mank. Winter to HeugrabenviaduktDie original route follows the valley of the Pielach over Hofstetten Gruenau, Rabenstein to the Pielach, the principal place the valley shank Kirchberg to the Pielach and the far valley of the Nattersbaches over Franconia rock to the station summerhouse brook mill. Starting from here the following section is called hilly stretch the Maria cell hereditary ancestor. The distance wins in a long pulled double turning loop (zigzag) in the upper section of the Natterstales at height. By means of the stations winter brook and Puchenstuben the Goesingtunnel, in which with 891,6 m the highest point of the distance lies, is reached. Here the alignment changes in the Erlauftal, which it will follow up to the terminator point. Following the tunnel the station Goesing follows, approx. 350m above the locality Erlaufboden. Here for the first time the sight of the 1893m is offered high to the passenger Oet. The course follows now in easy downward gradient of a steep, wooded mountain seat-back, happened with the sow ditch viaduct the highest viaduct the Maria cell hereditary ancestor and reaches at the Reithsattel the station Anna mountain. Rapidly the station Wienerbruck Josefsberg, a popular starting point for migrations follows the reading singing rope leaving, which feeds the power station vienna hereditary jerk, into the Oetschergraeben. Station Goesing, panorama with OetscherNach of a further turn around the lake turns the distance to the Erlauftal. This section is considered as the wild-romantic highlight the Maria cell hereditary ancestor: Between a number of short tunnels several times view of the "tines" is offered, as the fissured ravine of the Erlauf is called here. After the station Erlaufklause with memo hereditaryoh at the Erlaufsee the last stop in Lower Austria reached, briefly on it reaches the narrow-gauge railway with the place of pilgrimage Maria cell into the Steiermark their terminator point. The further distance to casting work, which served above all the goods traffic for a large sawmill, is shut down and 2003 was cleared away since 1988. The Maria cell hereditary ancestor is part of the traffic group Lower Austria castle country.

History

The place of pilgrimage Mariazell was considered as one of the most strongly visited tourist places of Austria Hungary. Poelten after Maria cell there were considerations for the establishment of a course of pc. therefore already since opening of the west course in the year 1858. Several variants as extension of one of the normalspurigen distances in the down-Austrian Alpine foreland were considered. The building "Pielachtalbahn" after the Niederoesterreichi national railway law of 1895 and 1896 were however only decided begun and should arrive as schmalspurige national railway at the execution. The original route from pc. Poelten after Kirchberg and the zweigstrecke after Mank were opened on 4 July 1898. Starting from 1902 the building was continued and placed 1905 to summerhouse brook mill finished; 1906 were also the hilly stretch so far finished that the goods traffic to Maria cell could be taken up. On 2 May 1907 the passenger traffic to Maria cell and in the summer of the same yearly began went the distance to casting work into enterprise. Far advanced planning for an extension over the steirischen sea-mountain and a connection with the likewise schmalspurigen Thoerlerbahn and thus the steirischen eisenbahnnetz is guessed/advised no more because of the outbreak of the First World War to the implementation. Likewise the building of a connection to the Ybbstalbahn was omitted. Completed on the hilly stretch the enterprise with the steam engines of the rows Mh and mV particularly developed for this distance, which proved however rapidly as insufficient, too largely was the crush at passengers for the time being. Therefore those was electrified Maria cell hereditary ancestor in the years 1907 to 1911 and the locomotives of the row E (today OEBB 1099), used still today, was purchased already at that time. The Krumpe was extended, after the construction work was interrupted by the First World War, only 1927 to Gresten, but was not electrified. 1922 took over the BBOe the Maria cell hereditary ancestor of the Niederoesterreichi national courses. 1938 was taken over the narrow-gauge railways, like all Austrian courses, by the German National Railroad. After the Second World War they remain been omitted however to a large extent with the Austrian federal courses, modernizations. With 31 December 1998 the OEBB stopped the goods traffic with trucks on the valley distance, after 1988 the goods traffic with narrow trace cars was already stopped on the hilly stretch. Off approx.. 2000 gave to repel or adjust it considerations of the OEBB the Maria cell hereditary ancestor; at present however the course on order of the country Lower Austria is operated further of the OEBB. Since 2003 considered to the autumn as by several future scenarios the Umspurung of the valley distance important for the commuter and pupil traffic between pc. Poelten and Kirchberg to the Pielach on standard gauge, for which remaining narrow-keep in track-strains will more strongly routistic oriented marketing concepts is aimed at.

Vehicles

Driving on the original route is mastered still mainly by that nearly 100 years old electric locomotives of the row 1099. Since 1994 also two comes at that time developed again, however not in larger number of items produced, electrical triebwagenzuege of the row 4090 to the employment. For more weakly occupied courses on the valley distance Diesel motor coaches 5090 are used, likewise on the Krumpe, where also diesel locomotives of the row are used 2095. For nostalgia courses the steam engine Mh.6, one of the machines stationed in upper count village originally procured for the hilly stretch is consulted.

Power Supply

For the current supply the entire Railway of Mariazell and the region along the distance with 25-Hz-Industriestrom originally 4 piece 25-Hz-Drehstromgeneratoren in the power station vienna hereditary jerk with a total output of 6600 served kVA. Of it the single-phase achievement for the course supply amounted to 4,500 kVA. The sets and from the water read-leave propelled and the Erlauf. The traction current with 6,5, produced by the generators in the power station vienna hereditary jerk, kV was fed partly directly into the railway catenary in the proximity of the power station and high-transformed also partially for the transmission to the substations into Kirchberg and upper count village to 27kV. Both the conductor cables of the stromleitungen for the public supply were installed already from the beginning and for the supply of the course onto cross beams above the overhead lines on the oberleitungsmasten. Also today still are - after conversion of the public supply to three-phase alternating current with a frequency of 50 cycles per second - approx.. 21 kilometers of party lines in enterprise. However in and the 80's 70's by the power supply firms EVN responsible for the public current supply in this area a separate 20kV-Leitung between Loich and Franconia rock was built, so that in this range only more are the 27kV-Leitung for supply the Maria cell hereditary ancestor and the overhead lines on the oberleitungsmasten the Maria cell hereditary ancestor. 1923 were established below by the power station vienna hereditary jerk of the Ausgleichsweiher bull wash soil and the power station Erlaufboden with 3 sets. In the second half of the sixties the outdated power station and distribution plants were renewed. The 2,8MVA-Maschinensatz in the power station Erlaufboden now normally produces the traction current. It consists of one synchronous machine each for 25-Hz-Einphasenstrom, 50-Hz-Drehstrom and a Francis water turbine. An old smaller transformer set in Erlaufboden and two old 25-Hz-Maschinensaetze in the power station vienna hereditary jerk serve than reserve for the course. Two further generators in vienna hereditary jerk and 3 in Erlaufboden also together 11.5 MVA produce three-phase alternating current with 50 cycles per second. The backbone of the traction network forms today the 27-kV-ring line between the two power stations and the again built substation Goesing, as well as the channel of the substation Goesing to the again built substation Rabenstein. After completion of these plants the direct contact wire supply with vienna hereditary jerk and the substation Kirchberg and upper count village were shut down. Thereby the current supply of the mountain section was substantially improved. Today by the control room in the power station Erlaufboden beside the own machines also the sets of the power station vienna hereditary jerk remote controlled, the intermediate transformer stations Goesing and Rabenstein are supervised and steered by the net directing center pc. Poelten.