The rack and pinion railway up Mount Pilatus, central Switzerland, with a train passing through pine woods.

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The Mount Pilatus rack and pinion railway is the steepest cog railway in the world (maximum gradient 48%). Runs from Alpnachtstadt on the shores of Lake Lucerne to the 2'132m high summit at Pilatus Kulm

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Size: 4804px × 3553px
Location: Mount Pilatus, Lucerne, Switzerland
Photo credit: © Alistair Scott / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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