'Tis beautiful.

Yeah, it has to be clearly labeled with a 1 or an L. They aren't in the business of knowing the different features and models of cars, so they set that rule and stick with it pretty firmly - as of the year before last (and every prior trip that I've taken). I wasn't up last year and I didn't go up this year, but I doubt they've changed it. I don't believe the allow any exceptions to this rule. The train is pretty neat. It's a cog railway, so it uses a special track with gears. It's also called a funicular railway, if you're interested in 'em. It was either the first, or the longest, or some shit. I don't remember. It's also steam powered and shaped funny - it's at a weird angle, so that you remain sorta level as the ground slopes. There are vans. Those aren't very expensive and you don't have to go down in the van you went up in. So, you can chill at the top of the mountain for a while. They used to have races (timed) up the mountain and they have also had snowmobile races up it. (They just take the auto road.) They no longer have automobile races - but they do have a regular bike race up it, which seems like an absurd idea to me.