Talk:List of highest railways

Sortable does not work?
The sortable function does not seem to work, but cannot see why. Help needed. Tabletop (talk) 03:11, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Have you tried clicking on a column header? Which browser are you using?  I note that the sort direction icons are now missing, but the sorting does seem to work for me. 50.131.221.150 (talk) 05:54, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

South American Ranking
Lima>Huancayo. The Ticlio siding/branch up to the mine is no longer operational, so the highest point on the line would be the Galera Tunnel (-11.617, -76.19). The sign on the Galera Station (-11.622, -76.186) says 4780 meters and the adjacent tunnel would have to be 4787 to surpass the altitude of the summit of Bolivia's Potosi>Rio Mulatos line. This article: Galera railway station and this one: Ferrocarril_Central_Andino, list the tunnel at 4783, making the line the second highest in S America.  Others in S America: Tangverse (talk) 16:34, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The branch line Pachacayo>Chaucha reaches 4610m in Peru at -12.176, -75.631 .
 * Salto>Antofogasta in Argentina  reaches 4490m at, between Polvorilla and Olacapato; -24.221, -66.481 . (The Tren a las Nubes stops at the La Polvorilla viaduct with freight continuing to a higher elevation)
 * PeruRail Arequipa>Juliaca reaches 4482m at Crucero Alto -15.771, -70.91 .
 * Arica>La Paz reaches 4275m at -17.653, -69.635 . It is still functional but currently offered for tender/lease.
 * Oruro>Cochbamba in Bolivia reaches 4145m at -17.866, -66.76 .
 * The Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia, in Chile, reaches 3956m at Ascotán Station; -21.225, -68.253 .

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Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:01, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Height cut-off and value of this list
Currently the height cut-off is 2000 metres above sea level. I'm honestly not sure if that makes sense, given the topography of Asia and the Americas. 3000-4000 metre-high plateaux and cities are incredibly common there (check Bolivia on Google Earth with the railway layer). The region of Mexico City, well over 2000 metres, has also tons of railways (again check Google Earth with the railway layer, it's mind-boggling) and not a single is on the list. And even worse, not a *single* railway in South America below 3600 metres is on the list. How ridiculous. Zach (Talk) 17:55, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * If I don't get any answer, I'll just raise the cut-off to 3000 metres. Zach (Talk) 15:05, 22 September 2020 (UTC)