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Trains

Hand-picked by Hans the trainopath, Pinnable provides an overview of places worth a visit, including quite a few rather exciting railway lines.

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CFV № 403 & 414 Mallet tank engines at the Ardèche Railway — Ardèche Railway (Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, France)

Bavarian Zugspitze Railway — Bavarian Zugspitze Railway (Garmisch-PK, Germany)

The Bernina Express tackles the Montebello Curve — Bernina Express (Chur, Switzerland)

SER O Class № 65 steam locomotive at the Bluebell Railway — Bluebell Railway (Sheffield Park, Britain)

DR № 99 232 tank engine on Mount Brocken — Brocken Railway (Drei Annen Hohne, Germany)

BR Class 158 express sprinter passing Barmouth Bridge — Cambrian Coast Railway Line (Aberystwyth, Britain)

GWR № 5239 tank engine at the Dartmouth Steam Railway — Dartmouth Steam Railway (Paignton, Britain)

DR № 99 574 tank engine at the Döllnitz Railway near Rosensee — Döllnitz Railway (Mügeln, Germany)

Drachenfels Railway — Drachenfels Railway (Königswinter, Germany)

The park railway at the Dresden Grand Garden — Dresden Park Railway (Germany)

Flåm Railway — Flåm Railway (Myrdal, Norway)

The Glacier Express in the Surselva region — Glacier Express (St. Moritz, Switzerland)

Gornergrat Railway train passing Mount Matterhorn — Gornergrat Railway (Zermatt, Switzerland)

Gotthard Panorama Express — Gotthard Panorama Express (Flüelen, Switzerland)

NWE № 6 tank engine at the Harz Railway — Harz Railway (Wernigerode, Germany)

IB Y1 № 1342 at the Inland Railway — Inland Railway (Östersund, Sweden)

LB&SCR A1X Class № W11 tank engine at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway — Isle of Wight Steam Railway (Havenstreet, Britain)

Bhe 4/8 № 221 railcar at the Jungfrau Railway — Jungfrau Railway (Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland)

DEBG № 30 tank engine at the Kander Valley Railway — Kander Valley Railway (Kandern, Germany)

Matterhorn Gotthard Railway — Matterhorn Gotthard Railway (Brig, Switzerland)

DB VT 98 railbus at the Miljoenenlijn — Miljoenenlijn (Simpelveld, Holland)

The Mont-Blanc Tramway at Nid d’Aigle — Mont-Blanc Tramway (Saint-Gervais, France)

NS № 8107 tank engine at the Buurtspoorweg — Museum Buurtspoorweg (Haaksbergen, Holland)

Levisham station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway line — North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Pickering, Britain)

DR № 99 716 tank engine at the Öchsle Railway near Barabein — Öchsle Railway (Warthausen, Germany)

DR № 99 159 tank engine at the Preßnitz Valley Railway — Preßnitz Valley Railway (Jöhstadt, Germany)

Ritten Railway — Ritten Railway (Klobenstein, Italy)

Rorschach–Heiden Rack Railway — Rorschach–Heiden Rack Railway (Switzerland)

Schafberg Railway — Schafberg Railway (St. Wolfgang, Austria)

NWE № 41ᴵᴵ Mallet tank engine at the Selke Valley Railway — Selke Valley Railway (Gernrode, Germany)

BDhe 4/4 railcar at the Vitznau–Rigi Kulm Railway — Vitznau–Rigi Kulm Railway (Switzerland)

KkStB № U25 tank engine at the Wälderbähnle Railway — Wälderbähnle Railway (Bezau, Austria)

Wendelstein Railway — Wendelstein Railway (Brannenburg, Germany)

The Wuppertal suspension railway in Barmen — Wuppertal Suspension Railway (Germany)

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Museum Railway Lines in the Netherlands

The railbus in Simpelveld, an original Uerdinger Schienenbus VT 98, makes the Miljoenenlijn the most enjoyable of the six museum railway lines in the Netherlands; the other ones are nice too, though

Crossing the Alps on the Bernina Express

By far the greatest train ride in Switzerland is the Bernina Express, which connects Chur to Tirano via the Albula & Bernina Railways, best known for the landmark Landwasser Viaduct, the curved & spiral tunnels, and the elegant Brusio Circular Viaduct

The Harz Narrow-Gauge Railways

One metre wide & 140 km long, the narrow-gauge railways of the Harz are a Mecca for train enthusiasts; the network is made up of three lines: the Selke Valley Railway, the Harz Railway, and the Brocken Railway, which tends to be rather crowded

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