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As of 2004, the state of Oregon has over 2,400 mi (3,862 km) (route-miles) of track, and 170 mi (274 km) of railroad right-of-way after peaking in the 1930s at about 4,350 miles (7,001 km) of track. [5]
The Brünig railway line (German: Brünigbahn) is a Swiss narrow gauge railway line that links Lucerne, in central Switzerland, with Interlaken, in the Bernese Oberland.The line runs via Alpnachstad, Giswil, Meiringen and Brienz, and passes over the Brünig Pass, using sections of rack railway to overcome the gradients, but with most of the line operated by normal adhesion methods.
The Meiringen–Innertkirchen railway line is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge railway line in the Swiss canton of Bern.It covers a distance of 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) between Innertkirchen and Meiringen, where it connects with the Brünig railway line of the Zentralbahn company, which links Interlaken and Lucerne.
Series ABt, First/Second composite driving trailer with 18 first and 31 second class seats, numbered 411 to 415 inclusive, built for the RBS as ABt 207/3/6/4/5 by FFA/SWP in 1982, being rebuilt by the BOB in 2003–06. Series ABt, First/Second composite driving trailer three-car sets with low floor access built by Stadler.
The BLM commences from Lauterbrunnen, using a terminus that is directly opposite the platforms of the Berner Oberland-Bahn (BOB) to Interlaken, and the Wengernalpbahn (WAB) to Kleine Scheidegg and Grindelwald. The first section of the line is an aerial cableway that rises 690 m (2,263.8 ft) in a distance of 1.4 km (0.9 mi).
The western terminus of the train is Montreux, on the shore of Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud.Montreux is the terminus of the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line's 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line and is shared with the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways.
In a two-car train, passengers can pass between the two connected cars. [39] Interiors of both car types contain high-back seats with blue upholstery. [40] Trains on WES were designed to travel at an average speed of 37 miles per hour (60 km/h) with a top speed of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). [28]
At the same time the original Interlaken station became Interlaken West. [7] Meanwhile, in 1888, the metre gauge Brünig railway had opened between Brienz, on Lake Brienz, and Alpnachstad, on Lake Lucerne, thus providing a through steamer and rail connection from Interlaken to Lucerne. By 1916 the Brünig railway had reached Interlaken Ost from ...