Date: 1874
The ascent being six thousand feet, the track is laid at an angle of about thirty degrees, rising about one foot in three.  In order that the locomotive should be on a level, the rear wheels are consid erably larger than the fore wheels, and cogs in the centre of the track hold the train, a cog-wheel working in them.  The motion is slow but steady, and the view of the surrounding lakes and mountains as we gradually rise higher and higher becomes more and more grand and impos ing.