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In this video, we'll be travelling across northern Austria, from west to east in a very rare 6 axle electric locomotive from 1960, known as the ÖBB class 1110. We start in Bludenz, an alpine town located at the meeting point of 5 valleys in the Vorarlberg which, borders with Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany. For the first part of our journey we'll take the Arlberg railway to Innsbruck, the second highest standard gauge railway in Austria, after the Brenner. Completed in 1884 with gradients of up to 3.1%, it proved to be very challenging to operate. Not only were there traction difficulties; avalanches, rockfalls, landslides and floods all posed serious challenges. Over the years, avalanche galleries, tunnels and diversions have been built to overcome some of these dangers. These have all been labelled with their respective year of completion during the video. Former routes are also shown. The numbers that appear at the top right indicate the highest gradient in the section betwee
