Germany

• Berchtesgaden Mountain Railway

• Drachenfels Railway (Drachenfelsbahn)

• Harz Railway (Harzbahn)

  • Rübeland Railway (Rübelandbahn)

  • Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen)

    • Harz Railway (Harzquerbahn)

    • Brocken Railway (Brockenbahn)

    • Selke Valley Railway(Selketalbahn)

• Murg Valley Railway (Murgtalbahn)

• Schwarza Valley Railway (Schwarzatalbahn)

• Wendelstein Railway (Wendelsteinbahn)

• Bavarian Zugspitze Railway (Bayerische Zugspitzbahn)

Georgia

• Borjomi-Bakuriani railway "Kukushka" (ბაკურიანი-ბორჯომი რკინიგზა) [3]

Greece

• Diakofto Kalavrita Railway

Hong Kong

• Peak Tramways

India

Main article: Mountain Railways of India

• Darjeeling Himalayan Railway - A world Heritage Site

• Nilgiri Mountain Railway - A world Heritage Site

• Kalka-Shimla Railway - A world Heritage Site

• Matheran Hill Railway

• Kangra Valley Railway Pathankot

• Kashmir Railway

Isle of Man

• Snaefell Mountain Railway

Italy

• Superga Rack Railway

Japan

• Hakone Tozan Railway

• Ikawa Line, Oigawa Railway

Mexico

• Ferrocarril de Córdoba a Huatusco

New Zealand

• Rimutaka Incline Commenced operation in 1878 and ceased operation in 1955.

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Norway

• Flåmsbana

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Peru

• Empresa nacional de ferrocarriles del Peru

• Ferrocarril Central Andino (Standard gauge)

• Ferrocarril Huancayo - Huancavelica,[4] (built to narrow gauge 3 ft (914 mm))

• Ferrocarril del sur de Peru Arequipa - Puno, (Standard gauge)

• Cusco - Machu Picchu, Cusco - Machu Picchu (3 ft (914 mm) gauge)

Romania

 

View from Oraviţa - Anina railway in 2010.

• Ploiești - Braşov railway

• Braşov - Sibiu - Arad railway

• Râmnicu Vâlcea - Sibiu railway

• Târgu Jiu - Simeria railway

• Drobeta Turnu Severin - Caransebeş railway

• Oraviţa - Anina railway

• Cluj Napoca - Oradea railway

• Braşov - Miercurea Ciuc - Deda railway, and Braşov - Întorsura Buzăului

• Salva - Sighetul Marmatiei railway

• Adjud - Siculeni railway

• Suceava - Ilva Mică railway, and Vama - Moldovita

• Arad - Ineu - Brad

• Buzău - Nehoiaşu.

Russia

 

Apsheronsk railway

• Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway - located in the Krasnodar Krai, gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in).[5][6]

Spain

• Montserrat Rack Railway

• Vall de Núria Rack Railway

Switzerland

Main article: List of mountain railways in Switzerland

• Appenzeller Bahnen,

• Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren

• Bergbahn Rheineck-Walzenhausen,

• Lötschberg railway line

• Berner Oberland Bahn

• Brienz Rothorn Bahn

• Chemin de fer Aigle-Leysin, , ,

• Chemin de fer Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champéry, ,

• Chemin de fer Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets, ,

• Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye, ,

• Chemins de fer electriques Veveysans,

• Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye

• Chemin de fer Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez

• Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn,

• Gornergratbahn

• Gotthardbahn

• Jungfraubahn

• Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (formerly Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn, Furka-Oberalp-Bahn) [7]

• Monte Generoso Railway

• Montreux-Oberland-Bahn

• Pilatus Railway

• Rhaetian Railway

• Rigi-Bahnen (Arth-Rigi-Bahn, Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn)

• Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn

• Schynige Platte Railway

• Transports de Martigny et Régions (Martigny–Châtelard and Martigny–Orsières railways)

• Trogenerbahn,

• Uetlibergbahn,

• Wädenswil-Einsiedeln-Bahn,

• Wengernalpbahn

• Waldenburgerbahn [8]

• Zentralbahn (former Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn, Brünigbahn)

Taiwan (Republic of China)

• Alishan Forest Railway

United Kingdom

• Brecon Mountain Railway

• Cairngorm Mountain Railway

• Snowdon Mountain Railway

United States

• Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway

• Cascade Tunnel

• Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

• Central Pacific Railroad

• Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

• Denver and Salt Lake Railway

• Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

• Feather River Route

• Georgetown Loop Railroad

• Gilpin Railroad

• Lookout Mountain Incline Railway in Chattanooga, Tennessee

• Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway

• Mount Lowe Railway

• Mount Washington Cog Railway

• Mountain Division

• Northwestern Pacific Railroad

• Otis Elevating Railway

• Raton Pass

• Rio Grande Southern Railroad

• San Diego and Arizona Railway

• Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad

• Silver City, Pinos Altos and Mogollon Railroad

• Silverton Railroad

• Tehachapi Loop

• Uintah Railway

• White Pass and Yukon Route

Venezuela

• Gran Ferrocarril de Venezuela

Vietnam

• Đà Lạt–Tháp Chàm Railway - Abandoned after the Vietnam War.

Mountain railways in fiction

The Culdee Fell Railway is featured in the book Mountain Engines, part of The Railway Series by Rev.W.Awdry.

See also

• Cable car (railway)

• Cable railway

• Funicular

• Hillclimbing (railway)

• List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways

• Rack railway

• Ruling gradient

• Steep grade railway

References

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• Described by the operator, Linz AG Linien In German

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• Se construye

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• "Georgian Railway".

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• Map of Huancayo - Huancavelica

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• Apsheronsk railway

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• Tourist Railway

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• Homepage of the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (in English, German, French)

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1. Waldenburgerbahn

External links

• Homepage of the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (in English, German, French)

• Narrow gauge railways of Switzerland (in English and German)

• El Ferrocarril Trasandino Los Andes – Mendoza, Argentina (Trans-Andean Railways) (All others in Spanish only)

• seconstruye.com el tren Los Andes – Mendoza

• Museo Ferrocarril Transandino

• Ferrocarril Central Andina S.A.

• Ferrocarril Central Andino S.A.

• Map of central Peru Callao – Huancayo

• Map of south Peru/Bolivia Machu Picchu – Lake Titicaca – west coast pacific ocean

• Route Arequipa – Puno (Lake Titicaca)

• Route Cusco – Puno (Lake Titicaca)

• Route Cusco – Machu Picchu