Starting Sunday, the tiny village town of Stoos, Switzerland will claim fame as home of the steepest funicular railway in the world. The funicular will move from a station in Schwyz-Schlattli valley, scaling 1,300 meters (4,265 feet) of mountain along a 1,720-meter track, climbing or descending 743 meters (2438 feet) along slopes as steep as 110% (47.7º). Incredibly, despite the unforgiving gradients, the train, which is made up of two cylindrical cabins, automatically levels to allow passengers...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/switzerland-just-opened-the-worlds-steepest-funicular-railway
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