ODONTOTOS rack railway... Driver’s View Diakofto - Kalavryta - Οδοντωτός [1]

World’s narrowest public cogwheel railway 750mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge built 1890 - 1895 with total length of line 22,3 km and max. slope over 17,5 % [ ΟΔΟΝΤΩΤΟΣ ] in Greece. Special note: In fact the slopes are steeper than shown in the video. That is due to the fact that camera was set still in line with the cab horizontal axis and parallel to the track, therefore reducing the true magnitude of the gradient. The line ’climbs’ from Diakopto village at sea level to Kalavryta at 720 m altitude through the i
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