Switzerland Builds World's Steepest Funicular Railway

Swiss President Doris Leuthard is afraid of heights, but she was still able to go on the maiden voyage of a dizzyingly steep new railway after cutting the ribbon for its opening ceremony Friday. 

Swiss authorities say the new Stoosbahn line is the world's steepest funicular railway, climbing 2,438 feet over a little more than a mile and, at one point, moving at a 48-degree angle, Deutsche Welle. The ride was "pure thrill, just great," Leuthard said after arriving at its destination, the tiny Alpine village of Stoos. Other passengers said the ride, which passes through three tunnels, was like being in an elevator.

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