Europe's Highest Railway in deep snow
Photographs of Europe's Highest Railway in deep snow. With descriptions, Clearing Snow from the Bernina Railway Route, A Block on the Bernina Railway in Winter and Between Walls of Snow: A Train on the Bernina Railway In the foreground is seen the Bernina Post Route. Bernina is a mountain in the RhA"tian Alps in the Swiss Canton of Grisons. The Bernina Pass is 7, 642ft. above sea level. This railway is easily the highest in Europe. The Bernina line was built between 1908-1910, and is a 90 mile journey between Switzerland and Italy
Picture No
13564228
Media ID
46787790
Size
2964px x 5000px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph, The Bystander, 7 December, 1910, p477
Date
1910
