Mariazell is an Austrian city in the southeastern state of Styria. Well known for being a hub of winter sports and a pilgrimage destination, it is located 143 kilometres north of Graz. It is picturesq
The Mariazell Railway is an electrically operated 760 mm narrow-gauge railway which connects the Lower Austrian capital of Sankt Pölten with the Styrian pilgrimage centre of Mariazell. The line was op
Mariazell
…1898: The Mariazell cast iron factory is shut down. 1907: The Mariazellerbahn, finished the previous year, is opened for public transport. That same year, the Mariazell Basilica is elevated to a Basilica Minor. 1911: The…
Winter on the Heugrabenviadukt
One of the Mariazell Railway's original U series locomotives today runs on the Steyrtalbahn
Mariazellerbahn Mh.6, now operating on the Mariazellerbahn as a museum locomotive with tourist train
Wienerbruck power station built between 1908 and 1911