Czechowitz-Dzieditz–Bielitz (1855) Auschwitz–Krakau. This line was built by the Eastern National Railway in 1856, and later taken over by the Northern Railway. Telegraph service The railway used a telegraph system designed by Alexander Bain, in particular along the Vienna to Bochnia line, as late as 1886; the system was slower at messaging than the later Morse systems. Rolling stock Steam locomotives of the first period (1837–1842) Austria and Moravia Samson, Hercules, and Vulcan Vindobona Saturn and Mercur Columbus Jupiter, Gigant, Concordia, and Bruna Rakete Bucephalus Magnet Nordstern Atlas and Vesta Patria New York Minotaurus and Ajax Adler and Pfeil Baltimore Virginia und Florida Phönix, Meteor, Titan, and Pluto Olomucia and Comet Theseus and Centaur Planet, Delphin, Blitz, and Neptun Cyclop and Goliath Steam locomotives of the second period (1844–1906) Koloss and Elephant Donau to Aetna Adonis to Ganymed Orpheus, Aeolus, and Ulysses Prometheus to Andromeda Orion and Lucifer Aeneas to Orestes Nestor to Ariadne, Bihar to Üllö, Jason II Austria II to Salamander Hebe I, Proserpina and Daphne I Vulcan II to Glaucos I Fortuna I to Leda I Tiger to Mora Telegraph I bis Euterpe I Vindobona II to Flora Antilope I to Mazeppa Tiberius to Pilades Borsig 815–820, 828–833 Jupiter II to Clio Legacy The Northern Railway was selected as the main motif of a very high-value collectors' coin: the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand's North Railway commemorative coin, minted on 13 June 2007. The reverse side depicts a scene of the steam locomotive "Ajax" steam crossing the bridge over the Danube on the first public run from the North Railway Station in Vienna to Deutsch-Wagram on 6 January 1838. The journey, which caused quite a sensation, was witnessed and cheered by crowds of Viennese who had gathered along its route. See also History of rail transport in Austria History of rail transport in the Czech Republic History of rail transport in Poland Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways References External links Northern Railway lines in Poland