MOUNTAIN CLIMBING BY RAIL.
The several mountain railways already laid in .Swilzeiland m-m only to have whetted the appetite of electrical engineers for greutt r achievements. Ihe latest scheme is a railway to the tep of the .lungl'rau Pi'ak. Tbe enterprise is one of tl.e most stupendous of the age, for the cap of Jungfi an is 14,000 feet above .v a level Surnething of the vast ness of the enter prise wil be realised when it is pointed out thit the ■ iitieience in level between the ljwer an I upper terminal will be 7,000 (e<t, and that this ;t!'itude or ri-e wi.l be accomplished with a instance of seven Mid a l all miles No such grad has ever heru attain- d b. fiire, and so ste* | does it tin.lK ' come that the passengers wiii be rompellid a! the !a«t. moment Id alight troin the ears and ace -mplish the remaning 330 feet in an elevator.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2280, 29 September 1899, Page 5
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157MOUNTAIN CLIMBING BY RAIL. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2280, 29 September 1899, Page 5
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