Alpnachstad Switzerland - It is a masterpiece of engineering and a pioneering effort of the first order.
 
No railway had been built under such difficult conditions as the Pilatus-Bahn at that time.
 
The inaccessibility and the steepness of the cliffs made the construction work almost impossible.
 
The 800 workers who built the railway under the direction of Colonel Eduard Locher, risking their lives, had only the help of mules.
 
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OKthePK Joint Bar Editor:  Translation by Google but with some additional guesswork.