Brünigbahn

In 1988, the Brünig railroad celebrated the centenary of the section between Alpmachstad and Brienz. Extensions to Lucerne and Interlaken were not built until 1916. This, the smallest rack-and-pinion railroad of the Swiss federal network (length 74km/46mi; electrified 1941/42), crosses 124 bridges and climbs gradients up to 1 in 8 on its scenically attractive trip over the 1,002 m/3,289ft-high Brünig Pass.