Filmed in 1960 of the Semmering railway in Austria. Footage of freight, steam goods train passing over viaduct, filmed from the lineside, in Austrian landscape, electric passenger train, steam train on viaduct, workers on scaffolding on sides of viaduct, permanent way workers laying track manually, electrification construction work, electric train filmed from lineside, shots of journey from on board train, train passing through tunnel, driver in electric power car cab, Semmering sign, overhead electric lines, Murzzuschlag station, BB 1010.19 electric power car shunting at station, steam locomotive No. 78.612 coupled to passenger train replacing electric engine. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the master film reel, black and white, sound and silent. Film made of original footage shot by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and footage reused from a pre-existing Austrian film. Duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds

This film is part of the Railway Roundabout collection donated by the makers of the programme, John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. They produced films on contemporary British and foreign railways for the BBC Children's programme 'Railway Roundabout, broadcast monthly between 1958 and 1962 on BBC Television. The commentary was created and broadcast live, so the original films in the collection are silent. The Railway Roundabout collection includes the original masters, prints, some offcuts and working material for Railway Roundabout programmes as well as other films (non-Railway Roundabout) made by the John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and a small number of films made by others. The collection also includes the original un-edited audio recordings made between 1960 and 1965 by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse for the BBC radio programme Railway Roundup. Additionally, John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse were both photographers, their respective photographic collections are held by the National Railway Museum. This film is titled 'The Semmering Line' on title frame on film and on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list and 'Electrification in Austria' on BBC Programme Index. First broadcast on 15 November 1960 on BBC Television.