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The monumental Semmeringbahn (
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Semmering Railway) is a panoramic
journey through the eastern Alps and a nostalgic trip back to early rail travel. Some 20,000
workers toiled to create the railway, an alpine first, in a feat of 19th-century engineering
that is now a Unesco World Heritage site. Though steam has been replaced by electricity,
you can still imagine the wonder of the first passengers as the train curves around 16 via-
ducts, burrows through 15 tunnels and glides across 100 stone bridges. The grandeur of
the railway and landscapes is timeless.
