LGB 41023 "Pinzgau" Museum Car for 2023
This is a model of a 4-axle boxcar in the design of this year's partner, the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn from Austria.
Matching paint scheme and lettering for Era VI. Brakeman's platform at one end of the car, side sliding doors that can be opened.
Correct bogies. metal wheel sets.
Length over the buffers 16.9 in or 43 cm.
This year's partner of the LGB museum car is the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn. This narrow-gauge railway, which today has the most modern low-floor vehicles,
has become an indispensable means of transport for the Oberpinzgau. Whether for the way to work, school or for hiking, skiing and going on excursions,
the Pinzgau local train runs hourly at up to 80 km/h.
The Pinzgau local railway was opened on January 2, 1898. Initially, two passenger trains ran, with one train also taking over freight traffic.
This was primarily used to transport timber and agricultural goods. In Zell am See, the freight was reloaded onto standard-gauge wagons and transported
onwards until the introduction of trolley operations in 1926. In terms of passenger service, the Krimml Waterfalls ensured a high number of tourist
passengers.
Tourism is still an important pillar of the railway line today, alongside commuters, schoolchildren and freight transport. With the historic steam
train and the national park train for cyclists, two attractive and successful tourist offers have been created.
Prototype: These boxcars, which were procured in the early 1940s, were used by the ÖBB on their narrow-gauge railways for a long time.
Some of the vehicles were rebuilt, so some of the brakeman's cabs were omitted and replaced by a brakeman's platform. Some wagons were used to transport
bicycles, which could be recognized from afar by their blue paintwork and large bicycle symbol. Some of these cars still exist today, for example the
model of our LGB museum car on the Pinzgau local railway - which runs between Zell am See and Krimml - was designed in the same way as the museum car
and refers to the 125th anniversary of this railway.
