Grindelwald - Wengernalpbahn 1
by Fritz Hanke
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Late in automn I walked from Grindelwald to Wengen crossing the Kleine Scheidegg, more or less following the Grindelwald - Wengernalpbahn.
On this panorama you can't see any of the trains. From here you can see across the sunlit Grindelwald while I still stood in the cool morning shade.
You find more information about the gauge rack railway line in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wengernalpbahn
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