Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 21 of the Pilatus Bahnen (PB) is running down the mountain with 9 km/h trough the Eselwand (Donkey-wall. The mountain is named Esel / Donkey) as train CC 16 from Pilatus... (more)

View from Pilatus Kulm to the uppermost section of the Pilatus Bahn. Cogwheel railcars Bhe 1/2 # 22 and # 28, running as train CC 25 from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm, will shortly arriving the top... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 30 of the Pilatus Bahn, newest vehicle and built in 1967, has a golden publicity paint scheme since 2017 for the famous Karl F. Bucherer luxury watchmaker of Lucerne, fo... (more)

This is the workhorse of the steepest cogwheel railway worldwide. Railcar Ohe 1/2 # 31, built in 1954, is running down the mountain empty, after it brought some material to the top. Here you can c... (more)

The Pilatus cogwheel railway from Alpnachstad to the Pilatus is by far the steepest rack railroad in the world. It is the only one to use the Locher system, in which two cogwheels engage laterally... (more)

The Pilatus cogwheel railway from Alpnachstad to the Pilatus is by far the steepest rack railroad in the world. It is the only one to use the Locher system, in which two cogwheels engage laterally... (more)

The flowering time of the alpine crocus (Crocus albiflorus) is immediately after the snow melts. It stretches its bright white or purple calyx towards the sky. The enchanting spring flower on the ... (more)

The summit of Mt. Pilatus. Two trains (one is not visible) have already reached the station, two more are still climbing. The Pilatus railway is well worth a visit, obviously because of the scener... (more)

A railcar crosses the rock face on the south side of Mount Pilatus.

A Pilatus Bahnen railcar is headed down to Alpnachstad.

Climbing Mount Pilatus. A second railcar is following right behind, you can see the light in the tunnel.

Four railcars run uphill from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm, here they are between Aemsigen and the upper station

Two railcars from the Pilatusbahn (Alpnachstad - Pilatus Kulm), the world's steepest cogwheel railway (48%) near the upper station Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel). In the background right... (more)

Two cogwheel railcars Bhe 1/2 of the Pilatusbahn are climbing through the rock face of the Esel (donkey) mountain on a grade of up to 48.0 %. The 125 years old, world's steepest cogwheel railway g... (more)

80 centimeter gauge track of the Pilatusbahn with the Locher cogwheel system, going through the rock face of the Esel (donkey) mountain in a grade of up to 48.0 %, seen from the rear cab of a slo... (more)