Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 21 (built 1937) of the Pilatus Bahn is leaving Aemsigen crossing station, halfway up the mountain. The world's steepest cogwheel railway was inaugurated in 1889... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 24 (built 1937) of the Pilatus Bahn is leaving Pilatus Kulm station track 1 for the journey down to Alpnachstad. In the foreground, you can see one of the uniqu... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 30 (built 1967) of the Pilatus Bahn in the "Eselwand" (donkey wall) with a grade of up to 48 %, below the 52 meter long Esel II tunnel. The donkey is one of the... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 23 of the Pilatus Bahn in the "Eselwand" (donkey wall) with a grade of up to 48 %, with 52 meter long Esel II tunnel in the background. The donkey is one of the... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 25 of the Pilatus Bahn in the "Eselwand" (donkey wall) with a grade of up to 48 %. The donkey is one of the summits of Mount Pilatus mountain range. T... (more)

The world's steepest cogwheel railroad from Alpnachstad to Pilatus uses the unique Locher cogwheel system. No points are possible for a track change; instead, transfer tables are used here at the ... (more)

Two coupled cogwheel railcars are running down from Pilatus Kulm to Alpnachstad as train 30 of the line CC83. In the background the rocks of Esel (donkey) peak, the sea of fog with the Stanserhorn... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 1 of the Dolderbahn in Zürich is crossing the 67 meter long concrete bridge over the Kurhausstrasse, before entering Waldhaus Dolder stop. The vehicle, which has the bl... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 1 of the Dolderbahn in Zürich is running down through the forest between Bergstation (mountain station) and Waldhaus Dolder stop. The vehicle was built in 1973 by SLM a... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 1 of the Dolderbahn in Zürich is just entering Titlisstrasse Dolderbahn stop on the run down to Römerhof. The vehicle was built in 1973 by SLM and BBC and will be with... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 1 of the Dolderbahn in Zürich. The vehicle was built in 1973 by SLM and BBC and will be withdrawn in summer 2024, replaced by a new one built by Stadler. The 1 meter ga... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 21 of the Pilatus Bahn, built in 1937, is running down as empty train CC 10 from Pilatus Kulm down to Alpnachstad on the Mattalp. The pantographs are lowered and the gre... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 28 of the Pilatus Bahn, the world's steppest cogwheel railway with up to 48.0 %, is running down as train CC 24 below Pilatus Kulm to Alpnachstad. Railcars # 21 to # 28 ... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 31, first of the series built in 1937, is running up the mountain on the Mattalp as first part of train CC 11 from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm. In a time lap of 3 minute... (more)

View from the Matthorn (2041 meter a.s.l.) to the Esel (donkey) mountain (2119 meter), part of the Pilatus massif. On the world's steepest cogwheel railway with grades of up to 48.0 % from Alpnach... (more)