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Good Morning! Hurry up, guys & gals, we have a train to catch! Today, our journey through Austria will take us back to St. Poelten, this time riding one of the modern EMU´s of that line. <a href="http://www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/mariazellerbahn-st-poelten---mariazell-107524.jpg"><img src="http://www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/mariazellerbahn-st-poelten---mariazell-107524.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> Quite a show for a 2 1/2 ft. narrow gauge line! In St. Poelten, we will change trains to head for LA - that´s Linz in Austria, not, what you just thought [swg] Linz  is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria (German: Oberösterreich). It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km (19 mi) south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is 191,107, and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about 271,000. The city was founded by the Romans, who called it Lentia. The name Linz was first recorded in AD 799. It was a provincial and local government city of the Holy Roman Empire, and an important trading point connecting several routes, on either side of the river Danube from the East to the West and Bohemia and Poland from north to the Balkans and Italy to the south. Being the city where the Habsburg Emperor Friedrich III spent his last years, it was, for a short period of time, the most important city in the empire.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linz#cite_note-thePeerage-3"></a> It lost its status to Vienna and Prague after the death of the Emperor in 1493. One important inhabitant of the city was Johannes Kepler, who spent several years of his life in the city teaching mathematics. He discovered, on 15 May 1618, the distance-cubed-over-time-squared — or 'third' — law of planetary motion. The local public university, Johannes Kepler University, is named after him. Another famous citizen was Anton Bruckner, who spent the years between 1855 and 1868 working as a local composer and church organist in the city. The Brucknerhaus is named after him. <a href="http://blog.settleinaustria.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tria.jpg"><img src="http://blog.settleinaustria.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tria.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Austria_Linz_Centre_Hauptplatz.JPG/800px-Austria_Linz_Centre_Hauptplatz.JPG"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Austria_Linz_Centre_Hauptplatz.JPG/800px-Austria_Linz_Centre_Hauptplatz.JPG" alt=" " border="0" /></a> Upon arrival, we will enjoy a ride on Linzer Lokalbahn to Neumarkt, arrival there in time for lunch. <a href="http://www.bahnbilder.de/1024/lilolinzer-lokalbahn22154r8018-kreuzt-mit-22159r8009im-499640.jpg"><img src="http://www.bahnbilder.de/1024/lilolinzer-lokalbahn22154r8018-kreuzt-mit-22159r8009im-499640.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> Back in Linz in the early afternoon, we will take a walk through the city to Pöstlingbergbahn station and ride up the Pöstlingberg. Though the line has been thoroughly modernized in recent years, we are lucky to catch one of the old electric cars. <a href="http://www.wandern.com/uploads/pics/CMS_fg4742a6d09c221_orig_1.jpg"><img src="http://www.wandern.com/uploads/pics/CMS_fg4742a6d09c221_orig_1.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Poestlingberg_20050429.jpg/800px-Poestlingberg_20050429.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Poestlingberg_20050429.jpg/800px-Poestlingberg_20050429.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> A short visit to the church up there and than back to Linz. <a href="http://www.dioezese-linz.at/redsys/data/citypastoral/24_poestlingberg_klein.jpg"><img src="http://www.dioezese-linz.at/redsys/data/citypastoral/24_poestlingberg_klein.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> It´s not that late in the day, so we decide to proceed to Salzburg, where we will spend a full day. Have a nice day!
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