The Pilatus Railway is a mountain railway in Switzerland and is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%. The line runs from Alpnachstad, on Lake Lucerne, to a terminus near the Esel summit of Pilatus at an elevation of 2,073 m (6,801 ft), which makes it the highest railway in the canton of Obwalden and the second highest in Central Switzerland after the Furka line. At Alpnachstad, the Pilatus Railway connects with steamers on Lake Lucerne and with trains on the Brünigbahn line of Zentralbahn. (Source Wikipedia)

Ricardo Gomez Angel

black metal transmission line covered with snow

Brigitta Schneiter

The funicular departs from Mülenen for a spectacular ride up the steep slope to the top of Mount Niesen, at an altitude of 2362 m. From there we afford a magnificent 360° view over Thunersee, the Kandertal, the cities of Spiez, Thun and Interlaken, and the rest of the Bernese Alps. The funicular runs on steep metal rails, but there are no cogs. The railway is split into two sections. One from Mülenen to Schwandegg (max slope 66%), and another from Schwandegg to Niesen Kulm (max steepness 68%). The Niesen Railway began services on 15th July 1910 after four years of construction efforts.

Xavier von Erlach

A nightime view of an old funicular passage and carriage in Lisbon, Portugal, with lighted buildings also in the picture.

Martti Salmi

Neon Joi

Svetlana Gumerova

Eliot

a train track running through a lush green forest

Mikolas Voborsky

Faith Ower

NAIM Funnels. The funnel structures are 21 gigantic columns that create a steel tubular curtain wall and whose funicular geometry is derived from the surface of the roof structure and which are designed to support the entire Space Frame.

Funicular