Swiss narrow gauge Gornergratbahn trains

The pictures on this page are made in Wallis in Juli 1997. On August 20, 1998 the Gornergratbahn exists 100 years. It is one of the three first electric rack railways in Switzerland. It is built to transport tourists from Zermatt to the Gornergrat from where one has a magnificent view on the Matterhorn and some other well known mountains.The total length of the track is 9 kilometers and the maximum slope is 200 promille. At the occasion of the jubilee there will be a model railway exposition. Also lock HG 2/3 nr.6, on loan from the Catelonian Transport Museum, will be on show.


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Coach type Bhe 4/8Rack locomotive
He 2/2 3001 in Zermatt		Older coaches type Bhe 4/8
near Gornergrat station		The rack of the railway
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Old and new coaches
type Bhe 4/8
at Gornergrat station.
Watch the Matterhorn
in the background		Older type coach Bhe 4/8
at Zermatt station		Interior of coach type Bhe 4/8Fighting steep slopes



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