Drachenfels Railway
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The Drachenfels Railway is a rack railway line in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The line runs from Königswinter, on the east bank of the Rhine, to the summit of the Drachenfels mountain at an altit
Electric railcar at the summit station
The intermediate station at Schloss Drachenburg
Drachenfelsbahn station at Königswinter
A two-car train on the line
Bavarian Zugspitze Railway
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The Bavarian Zugspitze Railway is one of four rack railways still working in Germany, along with the Wendelstein Railway, the Drachenfels Railway and the Stuttgart Rack Railway. The metre gauge line r
Drachenfels Railway
…intermediate station serves the Schloss Drachenburg. The Drachenfels Railway is one of only four rack railways still operational in Germany, along with the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway, the Stuttgart Rack Railway and the Wendelstein Railway. The line is 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long and is single track. There are two terminal stations…
Bundesarchiv Bild 102 11678, Bergbahn auf die Zugspitze
The starting point of the railway in August 1982
...... and in June 2010
View from the halt at Riffelriss, immediately before the entrance to the summit tunnel