• Thumbnail for Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits
    cars during the late 19th and the 20th centuries, most notably the Orient Express. Founded by Georges Nagelmackers in 1872, CIWL developed an international...
    34 KB (2,647 words) - 04:18, 17 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for St. Moritz
    resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about 1,800 metres (5,910 ft) above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality...
    38 KB (3,545 words) - 13:37, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Romansh language
    from put "porridge", meaning "porridge-eaters") – spoken in the Upper Engadine (Putèr and Vallader: Engiadin'Ota), as well as in the village of Brail...
    170 KB (18,230 words) - 13:24, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for M-117 (Michigan highway)
    US 2, one mile (1.6 km) south of Engadine and crosses the Canadian National Railway line before entering town. In Engadine, M-117 meets the western terminus...
    9 KB (989 words) - 01:09, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Albula railway line
    and Filisur at 1,080 m (3,540 ft) with the spa resort of St. Moritz in Engadine at 1,774 m (5,820 ft). Construction of the Albula line was begun in September...
    23 KB (2,679 words) - 03:10, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sonam Wangchuk (engineer)
    Wangchuk was invited by the president of Pontresina, a municipality in the Engadine valley, Switzerland to build Ice Stupas to add to their winter tourism...
    37 KB (3,083 words) - 01:01, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rhaetian Railway
    which formed part of the then-independent Bernina Railway. The actual Engadine line, between Bever and Scuol-Tarasp, was opened on 1 July 1913, and was...
    30 KB (3,069 words) - 06:27, 13 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway
    Engadinerbahn (Engadine Railway), Engadinerlinie (Engadine Line), Unterengadinerbahn (Lower Engadine Railway) or Unterengadinerlinie (Lower Engadine Line)—is...
    24 KB (2,528 words) - 07:15, 18 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for No. 9 Squadron RAF
    1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia to liberate Kosovo as part of Operation Engadine (called Operation Allied Force by NATO). Initial sorties were flown from...
    57 KB (5,835 words) - 18:03, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brig–Zermatt railway line
    since 1913 had been operating electric traffic at 11,000 volts AC on the Engadine Line, stressed the benefits of using lower voltage than the SBB voltage...
    60 KB (8,235 words) - 20:05, 14 June 2023