Historic cogwheel locomotives return to Jizera Mountains reviving part of an old Austro-Prussian route from 1902

Photo: Ota Bartovský, MAFRA/ Profimedia

After an extensive reconstruction, historic cogwheel locomotives returned to the Tanvald–Kořenov–Harrachov line this Saturday. The renewal of the only remaining cog railway line in the Czech Republic attracted hundreds of railway enthusiasts.

The railway line Tanvald – Kořenov –Harrachov is the steepest rail route in the Czech Republic and one of the last cog railways still operating in Europe.

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Author: Daniela Lazarová