Interesting! Cog railways certainly seem to have a knack for developing innovative equipment for Maintenance of Way, because there's nothing they can buy that can do the job. I've seen some equally interesting vehicles developed by our own Mt. Washington Cog Railway here in America.
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There's something you don't see every day. Look at the way that the spikes(?) that are drilled into the rock to hold the rail down. Is that standard for Cogwheel rail operations that work on such steep grades?
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No, this way of fastening the rails is probably unique for the Pilatus Railway. There is no other rack railroad that is nearly as steep (48%). The rails and the rack are fixed every few meters on iron sleepers, which are anchored with iron anchors in the stone track bed. The material mainly dates back to 1889 when the railroad was built and proves how ingenious the solution was found back then by Eduard Locher.
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