Festung Hohensalzburg Salzburg, Austria |
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. |
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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. |
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The top station. This vue shows the end of the track and the window of the engine room. |
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Details of the unique wagon parked under the great wall #5. |
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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. |
Copyright 1997 by Michel Azéma, Paris (France) |
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