100 years - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2001 - 7 Shilling
Theme: Traffic, Transportation & Mobility
Country | Austria / II. Republic of Austria |
Issue Date | 2001 |
Face Value | 7.00 |
Edition Issued | 2,700,000 |
Printing Type | combination printing |
Stamp Type | Commemorative |
Item Type | Stamp |
Chronological Issue Number | 1682 |
Chronological Chapter | OOS-OE2 |
SID | 228823 |
In 63 Wishlists |
It is 32km from Jenbach to Mayrhofen with a height difference of only 97m. The single-track 760mm narrow gauge line was designed from the outset for tourism and brought close to the settlement areas, which ensures her in the car age, a good passenger volume. 100,000 years ago, 118,000 passengers arrived, almost 2 million in the previous year! While the Zillertal Railway manages the local traffic with railcar trains every hour, supplemented by company-owned buses, it sets almost exclusively steam locomotives in excursion traffic - one has 6 proud specimens and nostalgic wagons. In public transport you drive 50 and will soon even drive at 70 km / h, the trains with up to 26 cars create 35 km / h. A small Zügli with an adapted for hobby self-propelled locomotive, which can be rented, also drives 25 km / h. For parties etc are available: a company wagon adorned with 62,000 Swarovski crystals, a buffet car, an open observation car, a minibus tanker and a Western train. The volume of freight is gigantic for the small railway, having transported 450,000 tons in the previous year, of which more than 300,000 tons were wood to two processing plants, the largest amount of goods since the beginning of the railways.