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

Rock, brigde and train: Railcar from Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) to Alpnachstad near the upper station, he 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

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 30, built in 1967, is gliding down the mountain with 9 km p.h. above Mattalp. The green/white sign in the cab is signaling, that one or more other cars are following on ... (more)

2 cogwheel railcars of the Pilatusbahn coming down from Pilatus Kulm on the Mattalp. In the rocks of the Eselwand (donkey wall) you can see a third car following.

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 28, built in 1937 by SLM and MFO and thanks to good maintenance in excellent condition, little below the top station Pilatus Kulm. Here clearly visible the trackbed made... (more)