MATTERHORN Brig-Zermatt-Gornergrat Swiss rail/rack ride VZ GGB 1959

Ride from outside Brig’s main line station, at first beside the SBB/CFF/FFS Simplon Main Line, and below the BLS line, on a 1959 VZ vintage train to Visp, ascending to Zermatt. We then change to the Gornergratbahn, which climbs steeply using the Abt Rack system, to Gornergrat amongst alpine views towards the mighty Matterhorn mountain.
This historic archive 8mm film includes rail enthusiast insights narrated by Paul Russenburger in 1999 and continues a sequence of journeys through the Bern Highlands • Berner Oberland, Eiger...
Mid route, take the long lost Spiez tram or Neisen funicular • NIESEN funicular & SPI...
Assorted rides in nearby valleys & mountains • BERN Swiss mountain ra...
Eiger's Jungfrau line • EIGER Jungfrau Swiss r...
The looping Lötschberg line • BERN - BRIG & back Löt...
Or explore Gotthard, Lucerne & Zurich lines • Gotthard/Lucerne/Zuric...
MGB Mainline en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterh...
Simplon Brig-Visp en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplon...
Brig en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brig_ra...
Brig VZ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brig_Ba...
Eyholz en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyholz_...
Visp en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visp_ra...
VZ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brig%E2...
Stalden-Saas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalden...
Kalpetran en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpetr...
St. Niklaus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nik...
Herbriggen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbrig...
Randa en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randa_r...
Täsch en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A4...
Zermatt en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zermatt...
GGB Gornergrat Railway en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gornerg...
Sunnegga funicular en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zermatt...
Zermatt GGB en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zermatt...
Matter Vispa bridge, Findelbach viaduct
Findelbach en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Findelb...
Gsäss, Bränfluh, Kühlerbrunnen & Land tunnels
Riffelalp en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riffela...
Riffelalp tram en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riffela...
Riffelbord gallery tunnel
Riffelberg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riffelb...
Rotenboden en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotenbo...
Gornergrat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gornerg...
Matterhorn en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn
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[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for the tour into the past! Very gratifying to watch. See you on the next! 🙂👍🇺🇸

[@officialmcdeath]

Yet another slice of classic Swiss railwayana, thank you! Last time I looked, Riffelalp hotel and tramway had been fully restored - may have closed yet again, in the light of world events \m/