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Bernese Highlands
The Berner Oberland (German; Highlands, also referred to in the English-speaking tourism sector as the Bernese Oberland), is the higher part of the canton of Bern, Switzerland, in the southern end of the canton, and one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context it is referred to as Oberland without further specification).
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Bernese Oberland Railway
| The Bernese Oberland Railway (or correctly translated Bernese Highlands Railway; Berner Oberland-Bahn, BOB) is a narrow-gauge mountain railway in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland.
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Breitlauenen railway station
Breitlauenen is a railway station on the Schynige Platte railway, a rack railway that connects Wilderswil with the Schynige Platte in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.
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Brown, Boveri & Cie
Brown, Boveri (BBC) was a Swiss group of electrical engineering companies.
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Direct current
Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.
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Eiger
The Eiger is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais.
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Grindelwald
Grindelwald is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.
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Harderbahn
The Harderbahn (HB) is one of two funiculars that operate from the town of Interlaken.
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Interlaken
Interlaken (lit.: between lakes) is a statistic town and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern.
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Interlaken Ost railway station
Interlaken Ost or Interlaken East is a railway station in the resort town of Interlaken in the Swiss canton of Bern.
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Interlaken West railway station
Interlaken West is a railway station in the resort town of Interlaken, in the Swiss canton of Bern.
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Jungfrau
The Jungfrau ("maiden, virgin"The name Jungfrau ("maiden, virgin") of the peak is most likely derived from the name Jungfrauenberg given to Wengernalp, so named for the nuns of Interlaken Monastery, its historical owner, but the "virgin" peak was heavily romanticized as "goddess" or "priestess" in late 18th to 19th century Romanticism; after the first ascent in 1811 by Swiss alpinist Johann Rudolf Meyer, the peak was jokingly referred to as "Mme Meyer" (Mrs. Meyer).) at is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch.
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Jungfrau Railway
The Jungfrau Railway (Jungfraubahn, JB) is a metre gauge (gauge) rack railway which runs from Kleine Scheidegg to the highest railway station in Europe at Jungfraujoch, between the Bernese Highlands and the Valais in Switzerland.
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Lake Brienz
Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.
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Lake Thun
Lake Thun (Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore.
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Lauterbrunnen
Lauterbrunnen is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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Lauterbrunnen–Mürren Mountain Railway
The Lauterbrunnen–Mürren Mountain Railway (Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen–Mürren, BLM, also known as Mürrenbahn) is a hybrid transport system in the Bernese Oberland area of Switzerland, which connects the villages of Lauterbrunnen and Mürren.
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Lütschine (river)
The Lütschine is a river in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.
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Light Rail Transit Association
The Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA) is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to advocate and encourage research into the retention and development of light rail and tramway/streetcar systems.
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List of mountain railways in Switzerland
This is a list of mountain railways in operation in Switzerland.
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Mönch
The Mönch (German: "monk") at is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland.
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Mountain railway
A mountain railway is a railway that operates in a mountainous region.
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Overhead line
An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.
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Passing loop
A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at a station, where trains or trams travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.
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Rack railway
A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.
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Schynige Platte
The Schynige Platte (Scheinige Platte on the old Siegfried Map) is a small mountain ridge and a viewpoint in the Bernese Highlands and belongs to the Schwarzhorn group.
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Schynige Platte Alpine Garden
The Schynige Platte Alpine Garden (Alpengarten Schynige Platte) is a botanical garden located at an altitude of about, near the summit of the Schynige Platte mountain in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.
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Schynige Platte railway station
Schynige Platte is a railway station that is the upper terminus of the Schynige Platte railway, a rack railway that connects Wilderswil with the Schynige Platte mountain in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.
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Single-track railway
A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track.
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Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (German Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik; French Société Suisse pour la Construction de Locomotives et de Machines; or for both, SLM) was a railway equipment manufacturer based in Winterthur in Switzerland.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.
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Volt
The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.
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Wengernalp Railway
The Wengernalp Railway (Wengernalpbahn, WAB) is a long rack railway line in Switzerland.
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Wilderswil
Wilderswil is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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Wilderswil railway station
Wilderswil is a railway station in the village and municipality of Wilderswil in the Swiss canton of Bern.
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0-4-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement with no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles and two trailing wheels on one axle.
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800 mm gauge railways
800mm gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways built to a track gauge of.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schynige_Platte_Railway
