Saw the opening of the first rack railway in Europe (and the second in the world), the Rigi-Bahnen, which even today is the highest standard gauge railway in Europe. Located between the two arms of Lake Lucerne on the Rigi Mountains, described by Mark Twain as “the charmingest place we have ever lived in for repose and restfulness”, this could be seen as the beginning of mountain tourism in Switzerland. It’s hard getting people up a mountain, and this is an important landmark in human (and cat) logistics history.