Between 1892 and 1935, the Salève was served by the first electric rack railway in the world.
It became a junction when the rack railway opened in 1896.
These were retained for a brake system established on the rack railway.
The new building was open to the public on 8 July 1930, just 39 days after the rack railway had opened.
First built as a rack railway, it was converted to friction operation between 1924 and 1926.
The rack railway connecting it to the main railroad was built in 1896.
They were much cheaper to build than the earlier rack railway.
Today, the majority of rack railways use the Abt system.
Different from other installations it is in fact an electric rack railway.
A decision was taken to replace the rack railway with an aerial cable car.
You can't rush when you're travelling around the mountains by cog railway.
A cog railway was briefly considered but was never built.
It is thus possible to make round trips using both the cog railway and the cable car.
The cog railway to the Gornergrat sector starts from near the main station.
We arrived by the cog railway, riding up from Zermatt in just under an hour.
Austria's first cog railway was built between 1872-1873 for the 1873 World's Fair.
Diego was driving on the side of Corcovado, not far from the cog railway.
"Let's sightsee," he said softly as they stepped out of the cog railway.
The cog railway and the restaurant and souvenir shop were closed for the season.
I was a stone's throw away from the cog railway line.
