H0 Models from Austria
Austria combines the tradition of the Imperial-Royal railway with the modern universal locomotives Taurus and Vectron. This overview links to all Austria topics on the platform: ÖBB, Roco from Bergheim, Jägerndorfer from Vienna, plus the flagship trains Railjet and Nightjet.
Austrian railways have two clear identities: the legacy of the Imperial-Royal state railways with characteristic dark-green and blood-red liveries — and the modern ÖBB as co-founder of the Vectron and Taurus families. The traction system is 15 kV 16.7 Hz; the alpine routes over Tauern, Brenner and Semmering have shaped their own locomotive generations.
Austrian railway operators
- ÖBB – Austrian Federal Railways — the national railway since 1923, today split into ÖBB Passenger, ÖBB Cargo and ÖBB Infrastructure.
Austrian model manufacturers
- Roco — Bergheim near Salzburg, founded 1960; one of Europe's largest H0 manufacturers with a focus on ÖBB and DB models.
- Jägerndorfer — Vienna, specialist for highly detailed ÖBB models and Austrian private railways.
International manufacturers with Austria range
Famous Austrian locomotives & trains
- Taurus (Class 1016/1116/1216) — the high-power universal locomotive by Siemens, developed in Austria; the multi-system 1216 holds the rail speed record (357 km/h).
- Class 1042/1044 — the classic ÖBB universal locos of the 1960s to 1990s.
- Class 4020/4024 — electric multiple units in the Vienna and Salzburg commuter network; Talent and Desiro round out the spectrum.
- Railjet — the Austrian high-speed train, in both ÖBB and DB liveries.
- Nightjet — the ÖBB night train, rescued legacy of the EuroNight.
- Vectron — the modern universal Siemens locomotive, also used by ÖBB Cargo.
Eras
Austrian models cover all Eras I to VI — from k.k. state railway locomotives of Era I through classic ÖBB classes of the 1960s to Railjet, Nightjet and Vectron of Era VI.