Austria: Semmering Railway

Last Wednesday I got four postcards: three from Austria and one from Crimea.

One of the cards from Austria shows the Kalte Rinne Viaduct of the Semmering Railway in the Austrian State of Lower Austria. The Semmering Railway was built between 1848 and 1854 under Carl von Ghega and is the first mountain railway in Europa built with a standard gauge track. On the 41km long line there are 14 tunnels, 16 viaducts and more than 100 bridges. It attempted a harmonious combination of technology and nature and also contributed significantly to the original opening of the Semmering region for tourism. Today it is still in use as part of the Southern Railway of the Austrian Federal Railways. Since 1998 is the Semmering Railway on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

With a nice matching stamp:
Impressions of Austria (from set of sixteen) (issued 01-03-2015)
Semmering Railway (issued 03-10-2015)
with a special postmark about the railways of the NÖVOG in Lower Austria

Thank You very much Anita!