Long Train, Short Tunnel

Long Train, Short Tunnel

It is late afternoon on a perfect early autumn day, as this Rhätische Bahn Regio-Express, headed in the direction of Chur, travels along the RhB’s scenic Albula Line, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Switzerland’s Canton Graubünden.

Moments earlier, it had crossed the impressive Landwasser Viadukt. Its passengers will be deprived of the wildromantisch landscapeonly briefly, as their carriages pass through the very short tunnel leading to the Schmittentobel Viadukt, which the locomotive is now crossing.

On the sunny slopes above the railway is the village of Schmitten.

This image is available in archival gallery prints and as a custom printed Photo Note Card.

For more views of the Rhätische Bahn and its territory, please visit
my Rhätische Bahn, Swiss Alps, Engadin, and Kodachrome! folders.

©2010 Steve Ember

From the same vantage point, but looking a bit toward the right...