The journey west aboard the imperial private train was a majestic transition from the imperial marble of Vienna to the untamed wilderness of the Austrian Alps. As the train followed the sweeping curves of the Salzach River, the gentle, rolling meadows of Lower Austria gave way to the jagged, vertical granite spires of the Northern Limestone Alps. Snow clung to the dark green branches of dense spruce forests, while frozen…
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