Technical facts
Concession issued by Kaiser Franz Josef I.
Oldest steam cog railway in Europe powered exclusively by coal/steam, departing from Jenbach, a station with three different track gauges. Direct connection with the AchenseeLake cruise ships
Coal fired steam locomotive
Producer: Wiener Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf, Vienna
Built: 1888/1889
Type: Bzt-n2
Design: Lokomotivfabrik Esslingen
Output: 180 HP / 132 kW
Weight: Locomotive, ready for service 18.26 t
350 kg of coal, 3 m³ water for one round trip
Boiler
Heating area of firing box: 4.6 m²
Heating area of steam pipes: 45.4 m²
Overall heating area: 50 m²
Grill area: 0.91 m²
Number of steam pipes: 169
Diameter/length of steam pipes: 45/1900 mm
Operating pressure: 11 bar
Forward tilt of boiler: 1 : 1.625
Boiler feeding: 2 non suction injectors
Train gear
Track width: 1000 mm
Adhesion wheels: 898 mm in diameter
Distance between wheels: 2350 mm
Length over buffers: 5650 mm
Brakes
Air brake Riggenbach
Grooved band brake
Grooved block brake on cog wheel
The route
Overall length 6,7630 km
of which 3429,16 m gear rack
Riggenbach system, mixed operation, gear rack and adhesion
Steepest incline, cog wheel 160 per thousand
Steepest incline, adhesion 25 per thousand
Smallest radius gear rack 120 m, all others 150 m
Altitude Jenbach 530,80 m, Eben 970,98 m, Achensee 931,30 m
General information
Licensed: 1888 by Kaiser Franz Josef I.
Shareholders: the villages of Eben, Jenbach, Achenkirch and various smaller holdings
Train crew: fireman, locomotive driver, conductor, brakeman
The fleet
3 steam powered cog wheel locomotives
1 Diesel locomotive (shunt)
2 closed windowed and 4 open windowed passenger cars seating 55 each
1 saloon car (bar)
3 freight cars
1 traverser, Esslingen 1888



