On the square in front of the station Absdorf-Hippersdorf is a very nice, large steam locomotive. An information board provides the most important information:
MORITZ - 93.1422
Steam locomotive of class 93 (BBÖ originally 378)
Superheated steam tank locomotive 1D1-h2t - built around 1930
Power 700 hp, maximum speed 60 km / h
4 drive axles, 2 carrying axles, 2 cylinders
(10 m³ of water and 3 t of coal)
Operational area Lower Austria (Franz Josefs Bahn), Styria, Upper Austria, Carinthia
Purchased and renovated by the market town Absdorf in 2016
Set up on April 22, 2017 - Named after: Moritz Gruschina
The project was realized with great support
of Gruschina Transport- und Vermietungsges.m.b.H.,
Managing Director Dieter Gruschina.
Around the locomotive a fence made of thin wire ropes is placed. Thus, the locomotive is well protected and yet you can see all the details of the locomotive well and take pictures.