The World's Steepest Cog Railway - The Pilatus Bahn
In this three-part series, the Pilatus Railway in Switzerland was filmed from different angles. With a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35% it is the world’s steepest cog railway.
Alpnachstad is the lower terminus where it connects with regular boat services on Lake Alpnach and the Brünig railway’s trains to Lucerne and Interlaken. The upper terminus near the Esel summit of Pilatus is at an elevation of 2,073 m.
The cogwheel system used is the Locher system, designed by Eduard Locher. Construction of the line began in March 1886 and the line opened on June 4th, 1889, it was electrified at 1,650 V DC in 1937 with the trains taking power from an overhead wire.
The 800 mm gauge line is 4.6 km long and climbs 1,629 m from start to the end station. Enjoy the world’s steepest cog railway!
Credits: Timsvideochannel1
In this three-part series, the Pilatus Railway in Switzerland was filmed from different angles. With a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35% it is the world’s steepest cog railway.
Alpnachstad is the lower terminus where it connects with regular boat services on Lake Alpnach and the Brünig railway’s trains to Lucerne and Interlaken. The upper terminus near the Esel summit of Pilatus is at an elevation of 2,073 m.
The cogwheel system used is the Locher system, designed by Eduard Locher. Construction of the line began in March 1886 and the line opened on June 4th, 1889, it was electrified at 1,650 V DC in 1937 with the trains taking power from an overhead wire.
The 800 mm gauge line is 4.6 km long and climbs 1,629 m from start to the end station. Enjoy the world’s steepest cog railway!
Credits: Timsvideochannel1
