761232 Austria's class 1020 CoCo heavy mountain locomotives were units of the German E94 series built from 1939 onward that were left to Austria at the end of WW II. With a severe motive power shortage after the war, several were even built in Austria, mostly using stockpiles of spare parts. In this 1976 photo, a class 1020 is taking a freight train uphill. The photo is from the cab of a class 1042.5 electric on a passenger train.

The series 1020 locomotives survived until the end of the 20th century, used mostly in helper (pusher) service on mountain grades near the end of their lives.

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