New-York tribune., 1909-04-24
BY RAIL TO
JUNGFRAU'S TOP
PASSENGERS LOOK OUT ON
GLACIERS.
Sunset and the Alpen GIozU at Eiger.
gIetscher-Searchight ReOeGls
Distant Peaks.

To many who have travelled through all the hisn'
U-ays and byways OF Switzerland the Jungtrau- IN
the Bernese Oberland, IS the mountain par excel
lenCe for splendor OF view. Like the RigI II n2s
yielded to the ingenuity OF man. and points Wn''a
a few years ago inaccessible even 10 the nn0S'
skIful and daring climbers ara now. thanks TO tns
Jungfrau railway, within reach OF the tourist wnoSs
aIpenstock has served only as a den ornament L
was in 1890 that three projects for Jungfrau r1-
way were put forth Trains from lnterlaxen'
whence the excursion to the Jungfrau may stiA .
said to begin. had already made their way to Grn-
deIwald and Lauterbrunnen by the valleys OF tns
zwei-Ldtschinen. taking tourists 10 the feet Of
the giants OF the Bernese Oberiand- It was not
until IssS however. that feasible plan was put
forward and carried to execution This was 70
start the Jungfrau railway where the Wsnsernalp
railway reached It's greatest elevation on ths
wensernaIp. This railway, opened In 1888. runs
over ridge connecting Lauterbrunnen with Grih-
denwaId by tbs Wengernalp (kLeine scneldess
Pass).
The highest point Of the Wengernsip railway
Flleine schedegs In itself OF the gems OF the
High Alps and here the railway "Trip up the Jung
frau begins Green and f1owery meadows fa< up
the surrounding valley and the blossoms OF n'
blue and yellow gentian- alpsnrose. aTnica soio"-
nella, Alpine asters. prinlulas and canpanuia'
undulate in the breezes. At the bottom OK ln' va
lev is the village OF Grindewald. and IN contrast
m the wooded heights Of the two sides OF Us
scheideEE Pass are the snow-capped' lOS-s-*
giants-the E5ger With its precipitous ana Ia
cessibe north wall rising skyvard IN the -oiH
a pvramid; the M6nch. with its broad sunlhI'
leaning against the Eiger. and the Jung1rau' 11
the Jungfrau itself. with two attendants nS 0
berhorner arrayed in dazzling garb OF SNOW
Not fnfreuuentIy the Wengernalp railway -
carried more than three thousand tOuE1sS
KIeine Schedegg in a day. EigergietscheF' Hie
wand and Eismeer are the first objective PO--
The electric locomotives are said to oe INC -
mountain engines in the world Whether aScs" :,
ing or descending they cannot exceed speed u
i've and half miles an hour II this speed . =
ceeded automatic brakes bring the train 10 ~ ~
Each train is made up OF a locoInOu'e SNN =.
cars each seating forty passengers 1n9 -.
keeps the Valley Of the Lauterbrunnen On th' -
and that OF Grindewald on the left E1s ES
from a short tunnel the glaciers and ice o0Fole-
slopes of the Eiger, the Monch and the JuAo- -
seem only a stones throw away EernapS
tourists will a huge mass OF Ice oeI@0N -.
from one Of these slopes and fal Win tnuNN'' -
crash into the valley OF Trimmleten- "heH -. =
Eigerglebscher station is reached the uaSeis
may descend a rnoraine 10 the Eiger glacier So
visit a grotto eghty-seven yards In IensIn "
has been excavated IN it and Is Hfunllnateu v -.
dies Or perhaps they are led BY guIueS :.
verge of crevasses $50 feet deep IhOusn = -
be the hottest day Of the summer. SONS - -
are riding In hand sleighs the glacier ana 0'T9
rum the slippery surface
Sunset at Elgergletscher IS one Of the u~nsaI ~
passed beauties of Switzerland The solden s G-.
is seen gradually gliding the summit OF ths -. -,
horn and then disappearing behind II Suu.1 ~
from this mountain rays of fire shoot out foNoN
ing the lines OF the horizon Superb are uIS -
ttnts thousand variations OF red. yel0"' -
orange and violet standing out distinctly yer 80,
ing into a harmonious whole By degrees uH' -, -
fades into a uniform graz tint The sho" .
on a roseate hue while blue mantles the Usp
md valleys The roseate shade gives way "
light blue and soon a ghOstly pallOr spreauS -
all But not for long From the east +bs
from the Faulhorn to the Schwarzhorn' tOli
Schwarzhorr to the Wetterhorn, comes u7 .,a
gIrbe or Alpine glow The Eiger. Mopcn -
Jungfrau stand out In fiery red .srs
Soon after leaving EiSergletscher the Tram - -
tha great illuminated tunnel. six miles long ~ tniOo
the solid rock The tunnel expands into lhe
tion Of Eigerwand $40 feet above ths -,
ststion blasted out of the very heart OF mounu mou-
In the north wall of the station are apew saw
t1ysntv feet wide commanding an extensive =
Of the surrounding mountains With tsis.
enlarSing los times furnished by the raiiro@O -
many the traveller oan the hotels on INC -
Pnabus St@aserh1rn and Faulhorh' anu - -.srx
discern the tourists around them In the eVei "a
searchIfght of 94O00c59 caadle-pcWer M NJ bavs
beams on the neighboring peaks which also
ssarcblipbts and there Is an exchange Of saiutes
In reaching the next station. Eismeer' 1VS'V a..
above sea level the train. still in the tul'ne +hs
scribes a curve OF 656 feet radius Here @e - "a
s+ation was hewn out of the solid rock. ana n0 -.
tho Ioftiest postofice in Europe from ~ ~WnlS ~
,ravaller can mail a picture postal card Hel
sees at close quarters the eternal sno" -
peakA