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Bernina Express, Switzerland: The Bernina Express is a train connecting Chur to Poschiavo in Switzerland and Tirano in Italy by crossing the Swiss Engadin Alps. For most of its journey, the train also runs along the World Heritage Site known as the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes. Wikipedia

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a World Heritage Site built in 1908!

Brusio Spiral Viaduct, Switzerland | by @hugocm1

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Brusio Spiral Viaduct in Brusio, Switzerland With a population barely exceeding 1,000, Brusio can be safely described as a tiny village that would probably go unnoticed, weren’t it for the Bernina Railway. The Bernina Railway is a track of the Rhaetian Railway that connects Tirano (Italy) to Saint Moritz (Switzerland). The track is just over 37 miles (60 kilometers), but it packs some impressive numbers and scenery. The train goes from 429 Meters Above Sea Level (MASL) in Tirano to 1,822 MASL in Saint Moritz, reaching an impressive 2,253 MASL at Ospizio Bernina. Along the way, passengers are treated to breathtaking views of the mighty Alps, valleys, lakes, and glaciers.    The part of the Bernina Railway that goes through Brusio has a unique feature: the spiral viaduct. It consists of a 360-degree spiral that enables the train to gain 32 feet (10 meters) in elevation. Over 360 feet (110 meters), the train is presented with an impressive seven percent incline. However, the viaduct is not a feat of engineering only, but an object of beauty. Nine elegant arches with a span of 10 meters made using local stones blend in seamlessly with the surroundings. As a matter of fact, this remarkable structure was not even part of the initial plan. At its inception, the Bernina Railway was supposed to follow the ups and downs of the landscape, so that passengers would experience the unmitigated force of the Alpine slopes, but ambition and reality do not always agree. As the inclines would have proven to be beyond the capability of the trains of the time, engineers had to come up with a compromise, and so the Brusio Spiral Viaduct was born in 1908. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/brusio-spiral-viaduct

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Bernina Railway on the Brusio Spiral Viaduct, Switzerland

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Brusio spiral viaduct, Switzerland

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Rhaetian Railway, Valposchiavo, Switzerland: Winding its way down from St Moritz into Valposchiavo, the Bernina Express from Chur, Switzerland, to Tirano in Italy runs on the highest trans-alpine railway, reaching an altitude of 7,392ft. The spectacular 76-mile ride on the metre-gauge line takes four hours. Pictured is a train negotiating one of the most fascinating features on the line - the amazing 360ft-long Brusio spiral viaduct in Brusio, Switzerland.

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Brusio spiral viaduct

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A beautiful railway bridge in Switzerland. Location - Brusio Spiral Viaduct, Switzerland 📸 Credit - @kevinklarer . . . Follow 🌍 @earthbie 📸 for more daily content 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️ Tag someone you’d love to visit this place with 😍 . . . . . #love #instagood #me #tbt #cute #nature #instagram #photooftheday #beautiful #me #selfie #picoftheday #friends #fashion #mountains #earth #travel #instatravel #trip #EarthBie (at Brusio spiral viaduct) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoGgu9rHo0A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1godrww13zk8p

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Full loop bridge #berninaexpress #unesco #heritage #train #viaducto #helicoidal #swissalps #daytriptoswitzerland #placestosee #placestovisit #memories #march2020 (at Brusio spiral viaduct) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9upuaLJQgu/?igshid=1gwu2qr7znasv

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Brusio Spiral Viaduct & Bernina - Switzerland.Brusio Spiral Viaduct & Bernina - Switzerland. Brusio RAW Nx2 Tiff df vz Tc BiClr JPEG 8.46 MB. The Brusio spiral viaduct is a single-track nine-arched stone spiral railway viaduct. A signature structure of the World Heritage-listed Bernina railway #transportation #corevestor #presssangharsh #starbuzz #mumbaikarshouse #mumbai #india Visit www.presssangharsh.com or www.starbuzz.in http://bit.ly/31uk02X

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Brusio spiral viaduct Wallpaper

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The train of fairytales 🚂 ~ Brusio Spiral Viaduct, Switzerland 📷 @hugocm1 http://ift.tt/2t9gCYW

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Brusio Spiral Viaduct Switzerland

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Like I mentioned last time, during our stay at Davos, we signed up for a two-day trip to Tirano, Italy. Tirano is a small town in the province of Sondrio in northern Italy is adjacent to the Switzerland-Italy boundary. Because we weren’t able to stay for long (and the majority of the time we spent on the train), we only managed to walk around some parts of the town, though it is very lovely! I had hoped to put my meager Spanish skills to use, as I had been told Spanish and Italian were very similar. Nonetheless, it only occurred to me how to say “Post Office” in Spanish after I had left Italy…

This was a pretty cool photo I took while we were passing through a tunnel on the Bernina Express.

We took the Bernina Express, a train connecting Switzerland’s Davos and Italy’s Tirano by crossing the Swiss Alps. The Express runs along the World Heritage Site known as the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes and is also the highest railroad across the Alps, passing glaciers before finally descending into the border of Italy. With panoramic coaches with enlarged windows, it’s perfect for sight-seeing as you travel through the Alps — you’ll get to see Lago Bianco, Lago di Poschiavo and the Brusio spiral viaduct. If you’re interested, the Bernina has an additional stop at Poschiavo, another small Swiss town. I would definitely recommend spending a day with the Bernina Express, though I wish I had spent some more time in Tirano, or just Italy, for that matter. Maybe next time! Up next will be the final series for the Switzerland/Italy series: FOOD!

The Bernina Express slowly crawls along the countryside.

More tunnels!

I definitely poked the camera through iron gates to take this photo of (probably some billionaire’s summer vacation) house.

This was a pretty cool photo I took while we were passing through a tunnel.

A town of just 9,444 people, Tirano is economically dependent on tourism.

Train tracks.

Tirano, Italy, the other end of the Bernina Express.

Bye, Italy!

Exiting a tunnel.

A small town in Italy.

Wanderlust: Tirano (Italy) Like I mentioned last time, during our stay at Davos, we signed up for a two-day trip to…

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Brusio Spiral Viaduct by l4ts https://flic.kr/p/29WYJPK

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The magical train 🚂 ~ Brusio spiral viaduct, Switzerland Photo: @kevinklarer Amazing! 😍 ➡ Founders: @ournextflight ⬅ 🚩 Would you like to spend a day in this magical place? 🚩 #switzerland #architecture #archilovers #amazingplaces #switzerlandwonderland #switzerland🇨🇭 #switzerland_bestpix #living_europe #postcardsfromtheworld #kings_villages #exploring_shotz #discoveringtheworld #placestosee #placestovisit #wonderful_places #travelvibes #suisse #landscapelovers