Glacier Express

It was a long day of train riding through the Alps on the Glacier Express, the slowest fast train in Switzerland. It took 8 hours to travel 291 km (180 mi) over 291 bridges and through 91 (I counted only 71) tunnels.  The longest tunnel is 3.7 miles long and was built in 1902. 

This took us over, under and through the only mountain range that is fully in Switzerland.  We passed the Rhône River on one side and the Rhine River on the other side.

An interesting fact is that the Alps are growing by 1mm each year.  The weight of the snow is less so the mountains can move up and the African continent is pushing on the European shelf forcing the mountains upward.