Garrett Wollman

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Zermatt, March 2018

I stopped over in Geneva on the way to the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships in Milan, and took the train to and from Italy. On the way back home, I took a detour for an overnight stop in the mountain resort of Zermatt. I had several reasons for doing so: at work, I was about to retire a server named "zermatt"; I had been reading about Swiss railways and found that Zermatt is home to the Gornergratbahn, which is not only a rack railway, but one of the few railways anywhere with "three-phase" overhead power; and as a teenager I had read Julian May's Saga of Pliocene Exile, an important piece of which takes place on Monte Rosa, a massif on the Swiss-Italian border which overlooks to the top of the Gornergratbahn. Oh, and there was also that whole Matterhorn thing. I didn't end up taking any pictures of the charming, car-free but very touristy village, for reasons I don't recall, so this gallery is just a few pictures of the train and a lot of pictures of the Alps.
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  • Gornergratbahn trackway and catenary

    Gornergratbahn trackway and catenary

    Zermatt

  • Gornergratbahn track showing switch and rack system

    Gornergratbahn track showing switch and rack system

    Zermatt

  • Matterhorn

    Matterhorn

    Zermatt

  • Pantographs for "three-phase" catenary on Gornergratbahn

    Pantographs for "three-phase" catenary on Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Matterhorn from inside train

    Matterhorn from inside train

    Zermatt

  • Matterhorn

    Matterhorn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

  • Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Mountain views from the top of the Gornergratbahn

    Zermatt

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