The Glacier Express (GEX) is an express train connecting railway stations of the two major mountain resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz via Andermatt in the central Swiss Alps. The train’s name honours the Rhone Glacier – which is near Gletsch on the Furka Pass What is the Glacier Express ? Where […]
Train Travel : Adhesion Railway
An adhesion railway relies on adhesion traction to move the train. Adhesion traction is the friction between the drive wheels and the steel rail. The term “adhesion railway” is only used when there is need to distinguish adhesion railways from railways moved by other means, e.g. by a stationary engine pulling on a cable attached to the cars, by railways which are moved by a pinion meshing with a rack etc.
Rigi Railways (German: Rigi Bahnen) is a group of railways on the mountain Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland Rigi Railways (German: Rigi Bahnen) is a group of railways on the mountain Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland They include two standard gauge rack railways, the Vitznau–Rigi Bahn […]
The Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (French: Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois, German: Montreux Berner Oberland Bahn, abbreviated MOB) is a railway operating in southwest Switzerland is one of the oldest electric railways in the country ; its main line is 62.4 km (38.8 mi) in length built to 1000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge – connects Montreux, Gstaad and Zweisimmen where passengers can transfer […]
The Gotthard railway (German: Gotthardbahn ; Italian: Ferrovia del Gottardo) is the Swiss trans-alpine railway line from northern Switzerland to the canton of Ticino. The line forms a major part of an important international railway link between northern and southern Europe, especially on the Rotterdam-Basel-Genoa corridor OBSERVING THE WASSEN CHURCH FROM 3 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES – THREE TIMES WITHIN MINUTES FROM […]
The Rajdhani Express is a series of express passenger train services in India operated by Indian Railways connecting the national capital New Delhi with the capital and/or largest cities of various states. Rajdhani means “The Capital” in many Indian languages. The Rajdhanis are one of the fastest trains in India […]
The 445 KM long Kothavalasa–Kirandul line (KK Line) passes through three states – Andhra Pradesh (138 km upto Gorapuur), Odisha (131 KM upto Khadapa) and Chhattisgarh (194 KM upto Kirandul). This line passes hill sections of Eastern ghats through Araku Valley.The line has a total of 58 tunnels and 84 […]
Brusio spiral loop viaduct is an amazing Railway engineering !
Landwasser viaduct is my favourite Railway engineering.amazing !
On the amazing World¨s highest Railway (Tanggula : 5072m) : Golmud – Lhasa Qinghai Tibet railway 1142 KM (960KM over 4000m & 550KM of it built on permafrost) over earthquake zones, in rarified air with oxygen supply carriages, 675 bridges, environmental friendly (totally trash free) and 33 wildlife crossing railway […]
