The Austrian Railway Group
Overhead Line Maintenance Units :Turmwagen


X532 78
Knittelfeld Works 		X512 X521

X532 S 02
Laubenbachmuhle
engine end
X532 S 02
Laubenbachmuhle
Note differences from S.01 below
X532 S 02
Laubenbachmuhle

X532 S 01
Gösing Mariazellerbahn

So typical of the Austrian rail sscene these units look like small locomotives, but are designed to service the overhead wires. Watch for them coupled into high speed freights or running single in active mode.

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X534 37
Leoben Hinterdorf
X535 X551
X552 023-4
Werfen
Non OBB vehicles operate too. Here ELIN's X85 909 works on the Brenner Pass route Elin are OBB's principal contractor for OH work, whether new or renewal

Stern & Hafferl's X24 641 (ex OBB X532 43) at Vorchdorf, and probably the same unit in 2004

Another Stern & Hafferl turmwagen is on the LiLo and is seen here outside the LiLo depot at Eferding. Lilo (code22) carries the same 641 suffix
ABB turmwagen
in Strasshof museum

Get an impression of a turmwagen on the move X552 passes through Rattenberg Station.


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updated 12th january 2005
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