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Mountain railway

A mountain railway is a railway that operates in a mountain region. It may operate through the mountains, for example by following mountain valleys and tunneling beneath mountain passes. Or it may climb mountains, in order to provide transport to and from their summits.

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Mountain railways often, but by no means always, use narrow gauge to allow for tight curves in the track and reduce tunnel size and structure gauge, and hence construction cost and effort. Where a mountain railway needs to climb steep gradients, it may use steep grade railway technology, or even operate as a funicular railway.

Argentina

  • Mendoza to Los Andes, Chile, see Chile below

    • Australia

  • Glenreagh Mountain Railway
  • Mt Morgan Rack Railway - abandoned in 1955.
  • Skitube Alpine Railway
  • West Coast Wilderness Railway

    • Austria

  • Achensee Railway
  • Arlberg Railway
  • Mariazell Railway
  • Pöstlingberg Railway
  • Semmering Railway - A world Heritage Site
  • Schafberg Railway
  • Schneeberg Railway

    • Bolivia

  • Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
  • Ferrocarril de Arica a La Paz, Arica–La Paz
  • Rio Mulatos-Potosí line

    • Brazil

  • Corcovado Rack Railway
  • São Paulo Railway

    • Canada

  • BC Rail, crosses the Pacific Coast Range of the Coast Mountains (Garibaldi & Lillooet Ranges)
  • Kicking Horse Pass
  • Rogers Pass
  • White Pass and Yukon Route
  • Yellowhead Pass

    • Chile

  • Ferrocarill Arica La Paz, Arica–La Paz
  • Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
  • El Ferrocarril Trasandino Los Andes - Mendoza, Los Andes - Mendoza. The rebuild will be adhesion only.

    • China

  • Gebishi Railway
  • Kunming–Hai Phong Railway
  • Qingzang railway

    • Colombia

  • Colombian Railways

    • Croatia

  • Lika line
  • Rijeka line

    • Eritrea

  • Eritrean Railway

    • France

  • Artouste (Petit train d')
  • La Rhune (Petit train de)
  • Mont Blanc Tramway
  • Montenvers Railway
  • Saint Gervais-Vallorcine (Ligne de)

    • 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)

    • Greece

  • Diakofto Kalavrita Railway

    • Hong Kong

  • Peak Tramways

    • 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

    • 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.

    • Norway

  • Flåmsbana

    • Peru

  • Empresa nacional de ferrocarriles del Peru
  • Ferrocarril Central Andino (Standard gauge)
  • Ferrocarril Huancayo - Huancavelica, (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

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

    • Spain

  • Montserrat Rack Railway
  • Vall de Núria Rack Railway

    • 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)
  • 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
  • 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.

    References

    Mountain railway Wikipedia
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