The SKGLB-museum is a
railway museum
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives ( steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic e ...
in
Mondsee in
Upper Austria
Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...
. It shows relics of the 1957 closed Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn (abbreviation: SKGLB) that was a railway line in gauge track from
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
The town is on the site of the ...
to
Bad Ischl
Bad Ischl (Austrian German ) is a spa town in Austria. It lies in the southern part of Upper Austria, at the Traun River in the centre of the Salzkammergut region. The town consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Ahorn'', ''Bad Ischl'', ''Haiden' ...
[See Slezak, Josef Otto, "Von Salzburg nach Bad Ischl" (1995)().] with a branch to Mondsee - a town located at the lake Mondsee. The engine shed of the terminal station at Mondsee is the only preserved engine shed of this line. It has been converted to a museum about the line and its history and contains a collection of original vehicles, photographs and a model layout of the SKGLB's Mondsee branch. The line was privately owned firstly by the Bavarian company "Lokalbahn Aktiengesellschaft" known as LAG. This company owned the cog railway from
St. Wolfgang to the
Schafberg too which is still in operation.
History of the Salzkammergut Lokalbahn
Opening dates:
* 08/05/1890 Ischl - Strobl ()
* 07/28/1891 Salzburg - St. Lorenz - Mondsee ()
* 06/20/1893 Strobl - St. Lorenz ()
* 07/03/1897 Ischl Lokalbahnhof - Staatsbahnhof
closed 1957
References
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External links
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* http://www.ooemuseumsverbund.at/de_museum_15_166.html
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Railway museums in Austria
Museums in Upper Austria
760 mm gauge railways in Austria