This pedestrian way in the Grödnertal (Val Gardena) in Südtirol (Alto
Adige) is the former railway line of the valley. From Klausen (Chiusa) on the
Brenner line (mainline between Austria and Italy) it ran on the north side of
the valley to St. Ulrich (Ortisei). From there it more or less followed the
bottom of the valley towards Plan, a place at the upper end of Wolkenstein
(Selva Gardena). It was an adhesion railway with 760 mm gauge, and it was never
electrified. It was built in 1915, during the first world war, when it was
urgently needed to bring goods to Plan (from where a network of aerial
cableways transported them to the front line). Operation was stopped in 1960.
Picture taken between St. Christina and Wolkenstein (looking upwards) on 26
February 2004.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>
(<a href="mailto:christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de">christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de</a>)