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Slow Swiss express train hits the Alpine highs
Chicago Sun-Times; 3/27/2005; SAM CAGE; 787 words
; ON THE OBERALP PASS, Switzerland -- At more than a mile above sea level, the sun reflecting ... state of Graubuenden before climbing up the Rhine Valley to cross the Oberalp Pass, at 6,670 feet the highest point on the route at a nexus of ski lifts ...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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See Alps via the Glacier Express
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 3/27/2005; Sam Cage Associated Press; 491 words
; ON THE OBERALP PASS, Switzerland -- At more than a mile above sea level, the sun reflecting ... state of Graubuenden before climbing up the Rhine Valley to cross the Oberalp Pass, at 6,670 feet the highest point on the route at a nexus of ski lifts ...
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Roof of Europe
Daily Breeze; 5/1/2005; Sam Cage THE ASSOCIATED PRESS; 787 words
; ON THE OBERALP PASS, Switzerland -- At more than a mile ... climbing up the Rhine Valley to cross the Oberalp Pass, at 6,670 feet the highest point ... decorations. Then starts the long haul up to the Oberalp, climbing through snow fields as skiers ...
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SO COOL ON THE ALPINE TRAIN; Winter Breaks: Danai Brook is dizzy from thin air and altitude on Switzerland's Glacier Express.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 11/17/2002; Brook, Danae; 787 words
; ... Pass. Our carriage was uncoupled and attached to the Furka-Oberalp railway. This is not a true 'adhesion railway' as the first ... lines. We passed lone skiers, walkers, children on luges, up to Oberalp, the highest ski run in the Alps. The snow looked as though ...
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Travel - Magic of the mountains.(Life)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 9/20/2001; 757 words
; ... routes. The cog-wheel driven mountain railway also winds its way through seven valleys and climbs to its highest point over the Oberalp at an altitude of 3,033 metres. This whole experience lasts for seven and a half hours and although this can be a bit bum-numbing ...
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NO STRAIN BY TRAIN; Rail is a popular - if pricey - way to reach the Alps. Peter Hardy tracks down the bargains.
The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/1/2003; 762 words
; ... Separated from the mountain air by a thermal skin of glass, the chilly winter wonderland drifts gloriously by as we climb the 2000m Oberalp Pass near Andermatt at walking pace. For more than 70 years the Glacier Express, Switzerland's most famous train, has been ...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Travel: Ticket to glide; Take off your skis and chill on the Swiss glacier train.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 8/20/2005; 787 words
; ... of the regulation stunning scenery you will enjoy as the train climbs the peaks, to a highest altitude of 2033 metres at the Oberalp pass. And that's not to mention the picturepostcard cows with their traditional bells, and the squeaky guinea pig-like Marmotswhich ...
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It's old . . . it's Swiss . . . it's fine Chur is strategically located, historic and eminently walkable
The Boston Globe; 12/13/1992; Louis A. DiIorio, Globe Staff; 787 words
; ... the Engadine; the Chur-Arosa line; the "Glacier Express" to Zermatt; the "Bernina Express" to Tirano, Italy; and the Furka-Oberalp line to Brig. And if the trains can't meet your needs, a new PTT bus terminal, being built at the east end of the train station ...
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SOME MAGNIFICENT TRAIN RIDES OVER THE MOUNTAIN TOPS OF SWITZERLAND
The Boston Globe; 1/11/1987; Louis A. DiIorio, Globe Staff; 787 words
; ... spectacular we would take in our years of Swiss travel. In the summer of 1930, three private railways, the Rhaetian, Furka-Oberalp and Brig-Visp-Zermatt, launched the Glacier Express, the now-famous 8-hour run that takes travelers across the top of Switzerland ...
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TRAVEL: FOR AS LITTLE AS...
The Independent - London; 7/11/1999; 478 words
; ... ride Switzerland's Glacier Express, which traverses 291 bridges, goes through 91 tunnels and surmounts the 2,033m (6,600ft) Oberalp Pass, between the resorts of St Moritz and Zermatt. This four-day break includes, per person, two nights' three-star hotel ...
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