Between Innsbruck and Salzburg ...

runs one of Austria's most scenic rail routes. Yet most of the visitors who travel between those two cities by train never see this region. Why? Because two rail routes run between those two must-see Austrian cities, and most visitors (and most Austrians, too) take the flatter, straighter, and therefore faster route. That fast route takes a shortcut through a corner of Germany.

On the other hand, the so-called "All-Austrian" route follows twisting mountain valleys. Traveling this route takes about an hour (or more) longer than the fast route, but the scenery more than makes up for the longer trip. Only a few trains per day run the entire route. In addition to the few through trains, there are shuttle trains that cover only parts of the trip. But, these trains are scheduled for simple connections at the points where the trains meet.

Another advantage of the scenic route is that its trains consist mostly of older equipment on which you can still open the windows. All of the following photos were made from a train on this route, going east from Innsbruck towards Salzburg.

	000640 An alpine meadow east of Innsbruck is crowned by craggy mountains.
	000642 The train window frames yet another meadow with a mountain backdrop.
	000644 The riverfront promenade and the bench at Zell am See are empty at the moment, but if you decide to hop off the train you can occupy that bench for a while before continuing on another train.
	000652 Castle Hohenwerfen. Does the castle look familiar? It was used for some of the scenes in the Clint Eastwood movie, Where Eagles Dare, as was the town of Werfen below. But, unlike in the movie, this castle doesn't have a cable car. The cable car scenes were shot at another location and optically combined with shots of this castle.
	000655 The rail line twists through the Salzach River Valley before reaching the city of Salzburg.

For images of the end-point cities of this route, Salzburg and Innsbruck, click here.

For images of this route in the winter on my Austria in winter page, click here.

Austria is a major stock photo specialty. The images here and on my other Austria thumbnail pages are only samples. Don't see what you are looking for? Contact me.

Go to my Austrian railroad page.
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Go to images of Austria in winter & Austria at Christmas time.
Go to images of Euro coins minted in Austria.

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