The Gornergratbahn Bhe 2/4 3021 seen pushing a freight train uphill between Zermatt and Findelbach on the bridge over the Mattervispa

Most Swiss narrow-gauge railways, even when they contain rack sections like the previously seen Mont Blanc-Express, the Zentralbahn , or the Matterhorn-Gotthardbahn , will be an InterCity service taking you from one town to another. The Gornergrat Bahn, on the other hand, is a typical tourist railway taking you from the town of Zermatt (itself being on MGB) to the Gornergrat, the highest-lying, open-air railway station in Europe, next to the sea of ice and with the purest views on the world-famous Matterhorn. It departs from Zermatt, you climb to the top, and from there you either take a train back, or walk part of the railway. In the winter, obviously, you can ski down the slopes. The railway even has a ski resort style ticketing and entry control system.

What is also interesting is that we have taken this photo from the stairs leading to the Gornerhaus, a typical Swiss apartment complex with a twist, a 200 metres long tunnel in the basement, that houses two tracks and serves as an auxiliary storage for the vehicles of the railway besides the depot at Zermatt station. There is going to be a view of the location at the end of the gallery.