Railway Herald
Metre-gauge Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn 3-car EMU Class ABDeh 4/8 No. 2011 pilots 4-car EMU Class ABDeh 4/10 No. 2021 as they cross the 1,449 metre high Mattertal Valley and prepare to begin the challenging 355 metre climb via the Taschsand crossing point (where the last rack section begins) and under the avalanche galleries to Zermatt, working the 18:10 Visp to Zermatt service on 26th June 2014.
The Monte Rosa Massif, which incorporates Swithzerlandâ??s highest peak (Dufourspitze, 4,634 m); the second-largest glacier in the Alps, the Gorner Glacier; and a total of 29 mountains above 4,000 m, including the Matterhorn can be seen at the head of the valley.
Mike Brook
