It took the railway pioneers just two years to build the 26 km long railway line between Chur and Arosa in the canton of Graubünden. That was more than a hundred years ago. The narrow-gauge line was put into operation on December 12, 1914. For just under an hour, passengers - who have always been mainly tourists - travel from the oldest city in Switzerland up to the winter sports resort 1155 m higher. On average, this is a 60 per thousand climb. 52 bridges and viaducts are crossed, 19 tunnels and 12 galleries are passed through. A special engineering masterpiece is the Langwies viaduct, which, with a height of 64 m and a length of 284 m, is the first concrete railway bridge of this size in the world. Railway romance visits the Arosa line, one of the most beautiful routes of the Rhaetian Railway. The landscape of the Schanfigg, a valley surrounded by high peaks, has been shaped by agriculture for two millennia. The pretty villages in the upper sections of the valley are among the oldest Walser settlements in the canton of Graubünden. After much confusion over the route of the railway, the long dispute over the route was finally ended on July 15, 1911 and the Chur-Arosa Railway Company was founded. Construction work on the approximately 26 km long route began on August 1, 1912 and opened on December 12, 1914 after only two years of construction. Numerous historical images document the spectacular construction of the railway in topographically difficult terrain. Impressive color photos show the route of the railway from Chur to Arosa, in the middle of an extraordinary landscape. As early as the 19th century, enterprising travelers ventured to walk several hours to the then small Walser settlement of Arosa. After the construction of the post road to Arosa in 1890 and the benefits of the mountain air, the once simple mountain farming village developed into a sophisticated health resort, in whose luxurious sanatoriums consumptive society from all over Europe awaited their cure. The idea soon arose to build a railway line through the Schanfigg to Arosa to the rapidly expanding health resort. The emerging tourism in Arosa through the influence of the railway is shown in this book in words and pictures. A film by Harald Kirchner (episode 843 from March 27th, 2015) Want even more railways? Then take a look! Here you can find everything about railway romance: Subscribe to the YouTube channel at http://www.bit.ly/eisenbahnromantik Become a fan on Facebook: / eisenbahnromantik. . Circle us on Google+: http://plus.google.com/+eisenbahnroma....