Eduard Locher
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Eduard Locher was a Swiss engineer, inventor and independent contractor
who received a doctorate honoris causa for his work.
He devised the Locher rack railway system and built his privately owned Pilatus Railway
that uses this system.
General contractor
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who received a doctorate honoris causa for his work.
He devised the Locher rack railway system and built his privately owned Pilatus Railway
Pilatus Railway
The Pilatus Railway or Pilatusbahn is a mountain railway in Switzerland and is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48%. The line runs from Alpnachstad, on Lake Lucerne, to a terminus near the summit of Mount Pilatus at an altitude of...
that uses this system.