The Höllentalbahn TW 1 seen at Payerbach-Reichenau

In my album KISSing Goodbye , in March, I stated that probably I was going to be away from railfanning and photographing trains for a long time; it is a good thing it did not end up like that. I had to go on a few trips, all without any human contact, for work-related reasons, but I did not ride an actual train until the events depicted in this travelogue, our two visits to the Höllentalbahn. The name (Hell-valley Railway) accurately depicts the year 2020. The album is going to contain three videos, one of the depot, one of the power station of the line, and one showing interior and exterior shots of the railway itself. If you are more into videos, you can find these clips here on YouTube (please subscribe!), but most of the historical and local information will be written in this article.

In this gallery I could use photos taken by Viktor Székely and Norbert Horváth, that I would like to thank again here. Since this means a lot of photos, some detail shots are missing from this collection. If you do not want to miss anything, please click All photos in the top-right corner of this page.