Crossing station Aemsigen halfway up to Pilatus Kulm on the world's steepest (48.0 %) cogwheel railway system Locher. The photographer is in the rear cab of the last of 4 downriding railcars, whic... (more)

Electric railcar Bhe 1/2 # 26 of the world's steepest cogwheel railway from Alpnachstad to Pilatus, below the summit station, with Matthorn mountain (2041 m a.s.l.) on the right. The yellow shield... (more)

Four electric railcars are following each other on sight distance (about 1 minute or 300 meter) on the world's steepest cogwheel railway from Alpnachstad up to Pilatus Kulm. In the background Lake... (more)

Electric railcar Bhe 1/2 # 26 of the world's steepest cogwheel railway to Pilatus, crossing the rock face of the "Esel" (donkey) mountain on a grade of up to 48.0 %.

Aemsigen is the crossing station halfway on the ride up to Pilatus summit. The up or down going railcars are meeting each other regularly every 45 minutes, each "train" consist of severa... (more)

2 railcars Bhe 1/2 on the way on the world's steepest cogwheel railway (48.0 %) from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm, below the summit station. When traffic is high like on this sunday, four or five r... (more)

On the world's steepest cogwheel railway from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm. Electric railcar Bhe 1/2 in the Eselwand, going to the top of mount Pilatus.

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)

Service car between Aemsigen and Pilatus Kulm (2070 meters over sealevel). In the background the Eseltunnel (= donkeytunnel) and the railcar with the passengers

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)