Depicts the steam locomotive kkStB 306.01 (developed by Karl Gölsdorf in 1908) crossing a rail bridge on the Empress Elisabeth Railway (now known as the Western Railway).

The line’s proximity to the spectacular Salzkammergut meant that it was much used by Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife to travel to their summer residence in Bad Ischl. At their disposal for this purpose were special court trains that were pulled by the type 306 locomotive.

Engraver: Herbert Wähner

Depicts a view of the passenger hall of the first Vienna West railway station. The style of this building was inspired by Romantic Historism. On the right of the coin, the statue of the Empress Elisabeth can be seen. This statue still stands today in the station.

Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West station) is a major Austrian railway station, the original starting point of the West railway (Westbahn) and a former terminus of international rail services. Built for the western railway (originally called the k.k. privilegierte Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Bahn), the station was designed by the architect Moritz Löhr and opened in 1858. The facility was made up of four sections built in a historical style.

Elisabeth of Bavaria (1837–1898) was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, and many other titles (see Grand title of the Empress of Austria) by marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I at the age of sixteen. The death of her only son Rudolf, and his mistress Mary Vetsera, in a murder–suicide at his hunting lodge at Mayerling in 1889 was a blow from which Elisabeth never recovered. She withdrew from court duties and travelled widely, unaccompanied by her family. She was obsessively concerned with maintaining her youthful figure and beauty, which were already legendary during her life. While travelling in Geneva in 1898, she was stabbed to death by an Italian anarchist named Luigi Lucheni. Elisabeth was the longest serving Empress of Austria at 44 years.

Engraver: Thomas Pesendorfer