Following tests, the Locher system was deployed on the Pilatus Railway, which opened in 1889. No other public railway uses the Locher system, although some European coal mines use a similar system on steeply graded underground lines.
Following tests the Locher system was deployed on the Pilatus Railway which opened in 1889 No other public railway uses the Locher system although some European coal mines use a similar system on steeply graded underground lines