RailPictures.Net Photo: 3003 GGB - Gornergratbahn He 2/2 at Zermatt, Switzerland by Georg Trüb
 
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» GGB - Gornergratbahn (more..)
» He 2/2 (more..)
» Gornergrat 
» Zermatt, Switzerland (more..)
» November 23, 2023
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» 3003 (more..)
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» Georg Trüb (more..)
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"Golden Spot" on 3089 meter a.s.l. on the Gornergrat, between 4073 meter high Obergabelhorn on the left and 4505 meter high Weisshorn on the right. The electric cogwheel locmotive He 2/2 # 3003 is exhibited on this place since august 20, 2023, to celebrate 125 years Gornergratbahn. The 132 kW locomotive was delivered in 1898 by SLM and BBC as # 3 for the 9,34 kilometer long 1 meter gauge mountain railway, and decomissioned on april 3 of this year only, but not used anymore since deacades. Now gold plated with 23 3/4 carat redgold by two people working one month to became the "Golden Spot" photo point.
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