Following many requests we are now selling a selection of Austrian Railway DVDs and Blu-rays available from Bahnorama. This long established company have sold programmes by Locorama and Railway Orama for the last decade and these include a great selection of modern, steam and light rail subjects, cab rides and documentaries, plus archive and history. The cab rides are either captions without commentary or English commentary.
Cab Ride Vienna - Trieste (With captions of all stations)
SH Production has taken the 150th anniversary of the Southern Railway as an opportunity to create a continuous cab ride from Vienna to Trieste. The six parts correspond exactly to the construction phases as they were awarded or individually completed 150 years ago.
Disc 1: Vienna – Mürzzuschlag
Construction phase: Vienna – Gloggnitz Length: 74.8 km.
Start of construction: March 1, 1839
Opening: May 5, 1841
Construction phase: Gloggnitz – Mürzzuschlag (Semmering Railway)
Length: 41.8 km Distance: 21 km
Elevation difference: 459 meters
Construction period: October 16, 1848 – April 1854.
Disc 2: Mürzzuschlag – Graz
Construction section: Mürzzuschlag – Graz
Length: 94.7 km
Start of construction: 1842
Opening: October 21, 1844
Disc 3: Graz – Cilli
Construction phase: Graz – Cilli
Length: 132.2 km
Start of construction: 1843
Opening: June 2, 1846
Disc 4: Cilli-Laibach
Construction section: Cilli – Ljubljana
Length: 88.7 km
Start of construction: 1845
Opening: 16 August 1849
Disc 5: Laibach – Villa – Opicina
Construction section: Ljubljana – Trieste
Length: 144.9 km
Start of construction: 1850
Opening: 27 July 1857
Disc 6: Villa – Opicina – Trieste
Perspective not filmed from the driver's cab, but from the side looking out.
Length: 144.9 km
Construction started: 1850
Opening: July 27, 1857
The granting of filming permits for the Southern Railway driver's cab ride varied considerably. The Lokorama production team would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Austrian Federal Railways and the Slovenian State Railways.
*Please note: Without commentary - captions show information about the route.
Produced by - Lokorama International
Duration - 490 minutes (6 discs)
Blu-ray and DVD
Format: 16:9 widescreen
Filmed: 2007
