A very special vehicle, the Ohe 1/2 # 31 of the Pilatus Bahnen (PB), an electric cogwheel freight railcar for the grade of up to 48.0 % with the Locher rack system. The railcar is running up betwe... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcars Bhe 1/2 # 24 and # 28 of the Pilatus Bahn are running up on the 48.0 % grade through the donkey wall as trains CC 17a and 17b, on sight distance. The Pilatus Bahn was op... (more)

Railcars Bhe 1/2 # 22 and # 28 of the world's steepest cogwheel railway, the Pilatus Bahn opened in 1889, near Pilatus Kulm. First railcar, coming up from Alpnachstad as train CC 25a, had to wait ... (more)

The world's steepest cogwheel railway (up to 48.0 %) from Alpnachstad up to the Pilatus mountain started the operation after the winter break 4 days ago only, because there is much snow in the upp... (more)

Cogwheel railcars Bhe 1/2 # 25 and # 22 of the Pilatus Bahnen above the Alpnachstad station. This vehicles were built in 1937, when the line was electrified, and will be replaced by new cars from ... (more)

View from Pilatus Kulm (2066 meter a.s.l) to the Alps and the uppermost part of the Pilatus cogwheel railway. Railcar Bhe 1/2 # 21 is nearing the top station running as train CC 29 up from Alpnach... (more)

The most spectacular part of the steepest cog railroad in the world leads at a gradient of 480 o/oo through the steep Donkey Wall, we are here about 1850 meters above sea level. Rack-and-pinion tr... (more)

In the top station of Pilatus Kulm, 2066 meter a.s.l., cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 21, built in 1937 by SLM and MFO with 155 kW, is ready for departure as train CC 28a down to Alpnachstad. The Pila... (more)

On the 4th day of operation after the winter break (which had to be prolonged for 2 weeks), cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 24 of the Pilatus Bahnen (PB) is running on a grade of 19.0 % over the Mattal... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 of the Pilatus Bahnen is running down at 9 km/h on a grade of 48 % through the donkey-wall (Eselwand) of the Pilatus mountain.

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 30 of the Pilatus Bahnen is the newest, built in 1967 by SLM and MFO with 175 kW (slightly more powerful then # 21 to # 28 of 1937). Since 2017, this car has a golden pu... (more)

Railcar Bhe 1/2 # 24 of the Pilatus Bahnen (PB), which was built in 1937 when the line was electrified, is running up to the Pilatus over the Mattalp as train CC 21. Here the grade is estimated on... (more)

Railcar Bhe 1/2 # 21 of the Pilatus Bahnen (PB), which was built in 1937 when the line was electrified, is running slowly down over the Mattalp, where the grade is estimated only half of the maxim... (more)

About half way up the mountain Pilatus, there is the crossing station Aemsigen on 1355 meter a.s.l. Railcars Bhe 1/2 # 22 and # 24 can be seen. Instead of switches, which are not possible with the... (more)

Cogwheel railcars Bhe 1/2 # 21 and # 22 of the Pilatus Bahnen, the two oldest of the series built in 1937, are running up the mountain over the Mattalp, between Aemsigen crossing station and Pilat... (more)