The 25 most extreme and beautiful railways in the World.\r ► ► ► CLICK HERE IF YOU MISSED THE FIRST PART: \r ► ► ► Please, SHARE IT ON FB: ◄ ◄ ◄ ► ► ► Share it on Twitter: ◄ ◄ ◄\r \r The most spectacular railways of the world (part 2), including:\r \r - Gokteik Viaduct, Myanmar\r \r - Gelmerbahn funicular, Switzerland: the second steepest funicular railway in the world (maximum incline: 106%) but definitely the most impressive one, giving the fun of a roller coaster\r \r - Bernina and Albula railways, Switzerland, jointly recorded in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites; the Bernina railway is one of the steepest adhesion railways in the world across the Oberalp Pass on the highest point at 2,033 m (6,670 ft) in altitude\r \r - Cumbres & Toltec railroad, New Mexico: runs over the 10,015 ft (3,053 m) Cumbres Pass and is the highest and longest narrow gauge steam railroad in the United States\r \r - Tren a la nubes (Train to the Clouds), Argentina\r \r - Token exchange: this rudimentary railway signalling is incredibly still in use in some Asian nations, including Singapore; a token is a physical object which a locomotive driver is required to have before entering onto a particular section of a railway\r \r - North Borneo railway, Malaysia\r \r - Mullan Pass, in the Rocky Mountains of Montana\r \r - Qinghai–Tibet Railway, China\r \r - Georgetown Loop railroad, Colorado: completed in 1884 and considered an engineering marvel for its time\r \r - Gyeonghwa rail station in Jinhae, South Korea: this station is surrounded by hundreds of cherry trees and is called the Cherry Blossom road\r \r - Tunnel of Love, Ukraine: an amusement railway surrounded by green arches and is 2 miles (3 km) in length\r \r - Trans-Siberian railway, Russia: with a length of 5,772 miles (9289 km), it is the longest railway line in the world\r \r - Glenfinnan viaduct, Scotland: has been used as a location in several films, including the Harry Potter \r \r - Cisco Bridges, Canada\r \r \r - - CREDITS - - \r \r Some of the videos and images are under CC license and listed in Source videos - View attributions and below:\r \r - Glacier Express on the Landwasser Viaduct (picture): Champer from wikipedia.org\r - Bernina Express / Trenino Rosso (clips): Ludovico Bertè from vimeo.com/ludovicoberte\r - Cumbres & Toltec Railroad (clips): Lee Ruk from flickr.com/photos/gardener41\r - Cumbres & Toltec Railroad (picture): mnchilemom from flickr.com/photos/50228879@N00\r - Cumbres & Toltec Railroad (last clip): PapaJohn from vimeo.com/papajohn\r - Gelmerbahn funicular (picture): Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG from wikipedia.org\r - Tren a las Nubes (picture): AHLN from flickr.com/photos/anijdam\r - Qinghai–Tibet Railway (pictures): CW Kong from plus.google.com/+CWKong\r - Georgetown Loop railroad (picture): Don Graham from flickr.com/photos/23155134@N06\r - Georgetown Loop railroad (clips): Greg Causey from vimeo.com/gregcausey\r - Gyeonghwa rail station (picture): sz1161 from wikipedia.org\r - Tunnel of Love (pictures): serhei from panoramio.com/user/4668169\r - Glenfinnan Viaduct (picture): Benutzer:Nicolas17 from wikipedia.org\r - Trans-Siberian railway (clips): Fabio Liggeri from vimeo.com/fabioliggeri\r - Cisco Bridges (clip): HJ Mueller (aka The Old Railfan) from vimeo.com/hjmueller
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