Birkfeld Austria - On Monday night strangers stained four waggons of the Feistritztalbahn.
 
The expensive and elaborate cleaning can only be carried out after the season ends.
 
It was an unpleasant discovery for Alexandra Schönauer, Managing Director of the Feistritztalbahn, on just the day on which Landeshauptmann Deputy (Governor's Deputy) Michael Schickhofer had called for a strolling train ride.
 
Unknown vandals had disfigured four waggons with huge letters in Birkfeld on Monday night.
 
"It used to be political messages," recalls Schönauer.
 
"Holz" and "Sorry", as the lettering goes, are not very creative."

On Tuesday evening therefore, it was up to Schönauer and her volunteers from the Feistritztalbahn to clean the graffiti.
 
At least the windows were able to be freed of color after a total of more than three hours.
 
"We have worked with a wooden sheet and a wettex, in the rain!", said annoyed Erika Rottensteiner.
 
On the other hand, the paint on the wagons can only be removed by sanding.
 
"That is not possible during the season's operation and will probably have to wait till Spring", says Schönauer.
 
No easy task for the railway line that has been hit.
 
The damage should exceed €30,000.
 
Her anger made the manager take to Facebook with the posting, "Hey, you morons! We thank for your bird-brained support!"
 
A tremendous response of more than 300 people shared their contribution to that posting.
 
"We are a museum railway and have a historic mission. We do not have to be hip and modern", she says.
 
Also annoying for the managing director of the Feistritztalbahn, this year the Feistritztalbahnen had started a project in which young people can design a wagon according to their ideas, assuming that the sprayers are young people.
 
Von Jonas Pregartner.