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2025-10-06
Improved new edition of a legend!
When it became apparent in the 1970s that freight and passenger transport on the StLB would have to be separated in order to reduce journey times, the management of the state railways decided to develop a railcar with diesel-electric power transmission. The contract for its manufacture was awarded to the Vienna-based company Knotz, which at that time was known for producing custom designs in rail vehicle construction, even in small quantities. The first railcar was delivered to the Murtalbahn in the fall of 1980. Many more examples of this vehicle family were to follow until 1999, going to the StLB, the Zillertalbahn, and the ÖBB.
more News 2025.10 - StLB VT35
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2025-10-06
We'll see each other again sooner than expected!
The ever-popular Liesinger Model Building Fair will take place in autumn for the first time this year to make up for the cancellation of the Model Building Fair in the Prater. We won't be able to exhibit at the fair, but we would like to take this opportunity to open our doors wide on Friday and Saturday, the days of the fair!
more News 2025.09 - HALLING Hausmesse
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2025-09-04
Üstra's first underground train!
Hanover is currently celebrating one anniversary after another. Construction of the Hanover underground began 60 years ago – a project of the century and the largest construction site Hanover has ever seen. Just ten years after construction began, the first train rolled through the underground of the state capital in 1975!
more News 2025.09 - The Frist Subway Train
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2025-09-04
The first Hoobl!
The Freiburg im Breisgau tramway, formerly known colloquially as Hoobl (wood plane), has been in existence since 1901, was electrified from the very beginning and is now operated by five lines in regular service as well as the vintage line 7. The current model replicates a railcar from the very first series of electric vehicles in Freiburg!
more News 2025.08 - The electric Freiburg Tram
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2025-09-01
The first „Salzburger Lokalbahn“!
In July 1907, the ‘Rote Elektrische’ (Red Electric) connection from Salzburg Local Railway Station to Drachenloch station was opened, and shortly afterwards the section of the line from the German border was electrified. As early as its first year of operation, 15 passenger cars were in service. However, the city and local railway also always transported goods, especially marble, sand and cement. In the interwar period, a buffet car was even added to increase the attractiveness of the railway.
more News 2025.08 - The first red electric Salzburger Lokalbahn
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2025-08-06
Back to a new century!
The Graz tramway was electrically powered from 1898. The already uniformly green set dates from the years 1900 to 1912 before the open railcars were modernised, windscreens were installed and the lyre bars gradually gave way to the more reliable scissor bars. First individually, later as a set, the Grazer Tramway brought the people of Graz into the city.
more News 2025.07 - The first electric Trams in Graz
