Roco 78084 H0 steam locomotive 7728 of ÃBB
Steam locomotive 77.28 of the Austrian Federal Railways.At the beginning of the 1970s Linz was still a steam locomotive Eldorado with locomotives of the series 50, 52, 77 and 93. Apart from machines that have been partly or mainly repaired, the others were mostly in a visually rather muddy condition, which means: Rusty and dirty.A group of young boys â later co-founders of the Austrian Society for Railway History â made their efforts to optimize individual steam locomotives visually.A special gusto piece in color was developed in the 77.66. It was given a highway paint. Boiler black, water boxes and driver's cab green, wheels red, wheel tires and tank rings glossy. Although there had been no such coloring with the old Austrian or with locomotives from the time of the First Republic, we boys liked them and very quickly it spoke to railway friends and photographers about which highlights were on the non-electrified routes of Upper Austria.The 77.28 added later received the comparable color appearance of the 77.66. It retained it for a long time when it was already owned by OeGEG. At the latest after her last main examination, however, she got her original OeBB-colored dress again.Although the two colorful 77 rail tracks have never been coherent in history, they are still a piece of Austrian railway history, because they are still in operation in this color dress.J. KrummhuberThis text is machine translated.