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Wikipedia: The Pilatus Railway or Pilatusbahn (PB) is a mountain railway in Switzerland and is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48%. The line runs from Alpnachstad, on Lake Lucerne, to a terminus near the summit of Mount Pilatus at an altitude of 2,132 m. At Alpnachstad, the Pilatus Railway connects with steamers on Lake Lucerne and with trains on the Brünigbahn line of Zentralbahn. The line is 4.6 km long, climbs a vertical distance of 1,629 m, and has a rail gauge of 800 mm .
![[Pilatus Railway track (see the absence of ballast)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pilatus_railway_track_s.jpg "Pilatus Railway track (see the absence of ballast)")
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![[A turnout consisting of a bridge that rotates about its lengthwise axis]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pilatus2_s.jpg "A turnout consisting of a bridge that rotates about its lengthwise axis")
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