Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 28 on a grade of about 48 % in the "Eselwand" (donkey wall) on the way up to Pilatus Kulm. The Pilatus Railway is the world's steepest cogwheel railway with 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. The world's... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 27 from 1937 on the Mattalp going down to Alpnachstad. In the background Stanserhorn (foreground) with Ruchstock behind, on the left Urirotstock.

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 25, 27 and 23 (all built by SLM and MFO in 1937) on the Mattalp. The continuation of the route goes from right to left through the Eselwand (donkey wall) with ... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcars Bhe 1/2 # 24 and # 22 (both built by SLM and MFO in 1937) on a grade of about 48.0 % below Pilatus Kulm. The world's steepest cogwheel railway was inaugurated in 1889 an... (more)

Two railcars from Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) to Alpnachstad near Aemsigen: View from the cab at the end from the first railcar. We go downhill, that's why the pantograph is not in us... (more)

Railcar from Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) to Alpnachstad leaves the upper station downhill, that's why the pantograph is not in use

Rock, bridge and train: railcar from the Pilatusbahn (Alpnachstad - Pilatus Kulm), the world's steepest cogwheel railway (48%), near the upper station Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel)

That's mountain climbing: railcar from the Pilatusbahn, the world's steepest cogwheel railway (48%), in the 'Eselswand' between Aemsigen and Pilatus Kulm, about 2000 meters over sealevel

The world's steepest cogwheel railway (48%)