World’s steepest railway back in business with new rolling stock
The old rolling stock was built in the 1930s. Shutterstock
Stadler and local Swiss operator Pilatus Bahnen have marked the start of operations of new rolling stock on the Pilatus Railway, the steepest rack railway for passengers in the world, near the city of Lucerne. Manufacturer Stadler has delivered new rack-and-pinion multiple units.
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It may be only just over 250 m long but there is a water powered funicular railway in Devon, England, which has an incline of 58%! The Lynton and Lynmouth, Railway rises 152.4 m. in height from sea level over 262.7 m in distance. It isn’t a rack system, relying instead on two sets of ropes and four sets of brakes, two of which are water-powered hydraulic.