On the world's steepest cogwheel railway from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm. Electric railcar Bhe 1/2 # 24 from 1937 below Pilatus Kulm.

View through the cab at the rear of the railcar to the special-switch at the upper station Pilatus Kulm (2070 meters over sealevel), see also on #415347. In the background a part of the stationbui... (more)

What a place for a railwaystation and a restaurant! Rushhour at the station Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel): one railcar from the Pilatusbahn (Alpnachstad - Pilatus Kulm), the world's ste... (more)

Pilatusbahn: the world's steepest cogwheel railway (48%). View through the cab from the railcar from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm (2070m over sealevel) near the upper station. We run along the Esel... (more)

With a grade of 48% the Eselswand (donkey-wall) is one of the steepest parts of the Pilatus Bahn. Here the Bhe 1/2 27 has just finished the traversing of the wall and is getting now on the last le... (more)

Next stop: Pilatus. While the left EMU has just hit the first switch point of the Pilatus station, the right one (Bhe1/2 29 with [unfortunately] an advertisment paint scheme) has to do some more c... (more)

Two railcars from Pilatus Kulm to Alpnachstad near the valley station: View from the cab at the end from the first railcar. We go downhill, that's why the pantograph is not in use. Note the specia... (more)

Three railcars from the Pilatusbahn (Alpnachstad - Pilatus Kulm), the world's steepest cogwheel railway (48%) near the upper station Pilatus Kulm (left, 2073 meters over sealevel). The first railc... (more)

With the Locher cogwheel system, switches to change the tracks are technical not possible (the cogbar lies to high above the rails), so there are other solutions used. In the foreground the so cal... (more)

A very special thing in the station Pilatus Kulm: After passing of the railcar the cogwheel-switch changes from below to above

Train from Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) to Alpnachstad near the upper station. This railcar is running downhill, that's why the pantograph is not in use. The black dots are birds in th... (more)

Train from Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) to Alpnachstad near the upper station in the eveningsun. This railcar is running downhill, that's why the pantograph is not in use. In the backg... (more)

Train from Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) to Alpnachstad near the upper station. This railcar is running downhill, that's why the pantograph is not in use

Train from Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) to Alpnachstad near the upper station. This railcar is running downhill, that's why the pantograph is not in use. In the background a wonderful ... (more)

Railcar from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel), taken from a extraordinary place. In few seconds the railcar will running in the Fleimen-Tunnel