The original steampunk railway

SCHWEBEBAHN  The original steampunk railway.

The steampunk railway that was around before steampunk.

 There is a place in Germany where a suspension railway has run for over 120 years, no, not a monorail, a real live steampunk railway that has survived TWO world wars.

Built due to the unique geography of the area the railway runs the roughly over 13-kilometre rail with 20 stations has been modernised but still keeps much of its late 19^th Century charm.

These four  linked videos give a great insight into the history and the workings of this amazing system that still carries 80000 people a day on its limit route.

A nice history of the line with some interesting historical images and stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sJbsA8E-8w

Digitally reworked film of an early 20th century ride on the elevated railway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQs5VxNPhzk

The Tim Traveller. An English travel writer gives  more great history and a modern day ride on board. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IFh6wFTJiQ&t=25s

A modern day trip on the with a nice short history and anecdotes 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IFh6wFTJiQ&t=21s