Introduction to the Cogwheel Train: The Cogwheel Train on Mount Pilatus has an inclination of 48 degrees, making it the steepest railway in the world. On June 4, 1889, the Pilatus Gear Railway was officially put into use. It initially used steam locomotives, which were replaced by electric locomotives in 1937. The red body also symbolizes the red dragon that is said to have descended on the mountains in the summer of 1421.
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