Goelsdorf 380

1909 · kkStB Class 380 · Work 22 of 1,871

Goelsdorf 380, 1909, kkStB Class 380

An Austrian Goelsdorf mountain locomotive on the Semmering line, climbing past a curved stone viaduct, limestone cliffs above and a wooded ravine below.

What it was used for
Imperial and Royal State Railway expresses over the Semmering and through the Alps.
What was new
Karl Gölsdorf solved the problem of long rigid wheelbases on curves with laterally shifting axles — an Austrian answer to an Austrian geography.