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 Picture 21: With a sharp whistle the train leaves Rosenbach and heads for Ferlach.
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 After this corner we enter a tunnel. Immediately after this tunnel we ride over a long bridge, crossing a deep valley. Picture 23: From the bridge you can see the valley down below with forests and a dry riverbed. The mountainside is very rich of forests. Update 2007: The tunnel is called the Lessach tunnel, the bridge is called the Rosenbach viaduct. |
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 Picture 24:
The train continues to travel through the woods and close to
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a while we pass a small station (Maria Elend).Picture 25 en picture 26: Two pictures of the station building of Maria Elend. It looks very nice.
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 Picture 27: We
are approaching a bridge.Update 2007: This bridge is called the Large Suchagraben bridge. This railway line crosses are a lot of brooks and rivers. |
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 Picture 28:
The view from the bridge to
the valley below.The difference in height between the bridges and the rivers is quite large. The line is at this moment also still close to the mountains. This river is very small, but at the end of the winter it could be very wide. At this moment two people are sunbathing. With today's temperatures it is not surprising. |
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view from some points of the line is really beautiful.Picture 29: View from the line to the Rosental. When I see this I can almost dream away. |
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 Picture 31:
View from a bridge to the valley below. Some woods, a few
houses and meadows can be seen.Would you also want to live like this? Update 2007: This bridge is called the Feistritz viaduct. |
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 Picture 32:
We have arrived at a station.Update 2007: This station is called Feistritz. We are waiting for permission to continue. As you can see mechanical signals are still be used. This railway line is still in service, so that makes the use of mechanical signals special. You would actually expect light signals. |
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 After a few kilometres we arrived at Weizelsdorf station. We also have to wait here. Some new passengers board the train here. Picture 33: On this picture you can see the station building of Weizelsdorf. Some parents with children come and take a look at the train and/or board the train. |
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 Picture 34:
From a window on the other side of the train I can see a
rail bus standing on a side track. I wondered if this type
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After the stop at Weizelsdorf we head for Ferlach. Update 2007: The train leaves the main line, which goes to Klagenfurt, and via the branch line, which starts at Weizelsdorf, the train heads for Ferlach, which is also the end of this branch line. |
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continue our journey and are getting closer to Ferlach.Picture 35: The train is about to cross a main road. Update 2007: The main road probably goes to the Loibl pass. |
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 Picture 36
(left): When we almost arrived at the station of Ferlach
I saw this building and thought that it was the station
building ...Picture 37 (below): ... but I was wrong. This building is the station building of Ferlach, the destination of the train.
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 Picture 38:
The locomotive has just uncoupled and heads back to
Weizelsdorf to refuel for the return-journey. A lot of
people go by nostalgic busses to a museum. Me and the person
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| ► The people who I was on holiday with said to me that its crazy to make a journey like this on a day with a temperature of 40 degrees (Celsius). This journey was special, because the steam train normally runs only on the (branch) line Weizelsdorf - Ferlach. It does not use the main lines (Villach - Rosenbach and Klagenfurt - Rosenbach (- Jesenice)). So that's why the journey of this day was very special. | |||
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