Post stamp issued in 1971.
The Semmering railway (German: Semmeringbahn), which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag, was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gauge track. It is still fully functional as a part of the Southern Railway which is operated by the Austrian Federal Railways. This railway line was constructed between 1848 and 1854 by some 20,000 workers under the project's designer and director Carl von Ghega. The construction features 14 tunnels (among them the 1,431 m summit tunnel), 16 viaducts (several two-storey) and over 100 stone arch bridges and 11 small iron bridges. Across an overall track length of 41 km the Semmering railway overcomes an altitude difference of 460 m.
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