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That's interesting - apparently and unloading are done while the railcar is still on a grade, or perhaps the angle of the floor(s) can be adjusted as necessary? What is the grayish silver "blob" below the railcar? It looks like crumbed aluminum foil, or low hanging filled plastic trash bags (gasp!). Assume it's a rock outcropping of some sort - it sure does not look like a nicely manicured cement retaining wall. Ha! Pretty wild - just noticed the catenary. Electric cog line - wild!
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@ Mitch: I don't know exactly what you see. Just below the downhill cab, you can see the silver horizontal cogwheel which prevent climbing up. Discs (flanges) on the lower side of the horizontal cogwheels roll along both sides of the beam that supports the rack and under the rack itself. This serves two purposes: it guides the car, and it prevents any combination of wind and gravity from lifting the car and disengaging the cogwheels from the rack. This is the Locher ogwheel system invented by engineer Eduard Locher and used for the Pilatus Railway exclusively.
Yes, the location where the car is loaded or unloaded at the bottom and top stations is approximately at a similar grade as here. Georg
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@Mitch Goldmann The "silver" spot is simply Snow. And yes the Railcar is always on the grade there are no flat tracks anywhere. Regards Felix
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