"Der Reiszug"
Festung Hohensalzburg
Salzburg, Austria

Text and photos by Michel Azéma


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Part 4 - The top station and the wagon


In the center of the courtyard, the building and the door of the placewhere is located the engine room of the elevator.
In the same courtyard, the top station of the elevator.
Note, on the left, the wooden floor. Under the planks pass the cables to go to the engine room.
Details of the top station.
Note, on the right, the sliding (on rollers) gardrail.
Note, under the small wooden roof, the unique cabin (wagon) parked under the great wall #5.
Note the two small cables and the electronic sensors to automatically stop the engine.
The top station.
This vue shows the end of the track and the window of the engine room.
Details of the unique wagon parked under the great wall #5.

The wagon was built in 1952 (see photo above)
and modified in 1988 by KONY (see photos below to see the differences).
(photo Festungsbahn)

The wagon is divided in two parts: a flat truck for the goods and a cabin, surronded by wire netting, for three passengers. The three pasengers can sit down on a wooden bench. Details of the cabin.
Written in red: "Max 3 personnen Beförderung nur sitzend gestattet!" (Maximum 3 persons only autorized to be sit).

Details of the top station which show the end of the rails.


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