It also has the world's steepest train ride. In the heart of the Swiss Alps, a cog railway takes you up to the top of Mount Pilatus, which is 6,982 feet tall. The steepest sections have a stunning ...

Although snow in April is not rare in the Alps mountain range, the amount that fell in just hours was unusual and took ...

Show more Michael Portillo scales the Swiss Alps on one of the steepest cog railways in the world and marvels at the Pilatus Railway’s unique track design, which defies an astonishing 48 per ...

14/20. Michael Portillo scales the Swiss Alps on one of the the steepest cog railways in the world and visits the 19th-century fairy-tale Grand Hotel Giessbach. [S ...