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Single unit railcars, remaining four cars of a once much larger class (3011-3022). Two other members of this class have been rebuilt (3015/3017), the remainder have been scrapped.
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Tramways and Light
Railways of Switzerland and Austria
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Riffelalp intermediate station. In the left, beside
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1956:Railway lines in Switzerland
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1024:The Gornergrat Railway Ltd (
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1774:"Gornergrat Bahn building"
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88:Single track
1935: /
1514:Pininfarina
1376:anti-freeze
1281:metre gauge
1251:metre gauge
1233:observatory
1105:Zermatt GGB
1019:skiing area
559:Land tunnel
138:metre gauge
110:Track gauge
99:Rack system
76:Line length
66:BVZ Holding
55:Native name
1950:Categories
1920:46°01′25″N
1877:2014-06-13
1841:2014-05-30
1809:2014-05-30
1784:2014-06-02
1759:2014-06-12
1641:References
1499:3091-3095
1474:3081-3084
1453:3061-3062
1432:3051-3054
1411:3041-3044
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991:Gornergrat
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768:Rotenboden
738:Riffelberg
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1923:7°44′59″E
1702:2001–2002
1151:Riffelalp
1089:Distance
1071:Operation
1064:in 1912.
621:Riffelalp
588:Riffelalp
185:Route map
71:Technical
1629:See also
1502:Bhe 4/6
1477:Bhe 4/6
1456:Bhe 4/4
1435:Bhe 4/8
1417:1965-75
1414:Bhe 4/8
1396:1947-61
1393:Bhe 2/4
1369:Xhe 2/4
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1307:Notation
1303:Numbers
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1123:and the
1119:Link to
1092:Height (
1086:Station
1056:and the
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133: in
50:Overview
1529:Gallery
1337:Stalden
1329:He 2/2
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590:Resort
310:Zermatt
160:3-phase
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1480:2006
1459:1981
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1311:Year
1076:Route
976:Swiss
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773:2,815
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626:2,211
441:1,770
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958:The
931:edit
924:talk
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431:1.75
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