Ge 4/4 II # 619 with publicity paint scheme for the "Südostschweiz" (newspaper) is pulling the regional train 1928 from Pontresina to Scuol-Tarasp over the 136 meter long and 53 meter high Val Püzza viaduct near Ftan Baraigla. In the foreground the Tarasp castle. The castle of Tarasp was built around 1040 by the lords of Tarasp, who had moved from the lake Como to the Engadin. In 1239, the fortress came into the possession of the count of Tirol. From 1646 on, Tarasp became an Austrian county & in the course of the 16th century the complex was magnified & made a border fortress.
In 1803, Napoleon gave Tarasp, which was one of the last Austrian enclaves in Switzerland, to the Helvetic Republic. Nowadays it is owned by the Not Vital foundation.
