From 4th to 16th February, the winter sports resort of Saalbach in Salzburger Land will be transformed into the venue for the 2025 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, attracting countless ski fans to the tranquil ski resort and thrilling millions of viewers in front of their televisions for the individual races. Reason enough to draw attention to a winter in beautiful Salzburger Land with a specially branded Taurus locomotive. As a mobility service provider, the Austrian Federal Railways have created this special design in cooperation with Deutsche Bahn AG, SalzburgerLand Tourismus and Österreich Werbung. Ski fans and collectors alike should not miss out on this special model!
The tender locomotive for passenger trains designated as class 77 by the Austrian Federal Railways was procured from 1913 (SB/kkStB class 629) in several series until 1927. The Pacific type 2'C1' h2t steam locomotive was authorized to run at a maximum speed of 85 km/h. Practically every depot in Austria was at one time or another equipped with class 77 locomotives. The West and Südbahn lines and their branch lines were just a part of the 77's operational area as the Inntal line or the Lindau-Bregenz-St. Margarethen connection. It was not until 1975 that the last locomotives were decommissioned - with the end of steam traction in Austria.
Decoupling track with integrated electric drive, with bedding.
Length 115 mm (half the standard length).
The drive is completely camouflaged by the bedding.
