![Postcard of the Righi in Genoa, early 20th century.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titel-righi-genua-300x225.jpg)
The men behind Genoa’s Righi funicular
What were two businessmen from Obwalden doing in Genoa at the end of the 19th century? Building a funicular railway and giving it a familiar name from home: the Righi.
![Contemporary postcard showing the Righi funicular in Genoa.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/castellacio-rhigi-300x160.jpg)
![Josef Durrer (left) and Franz Josef Bucher enjoying lunch on the Stanserhorn. The two men had ceased working together almost ten years before this photo was taken in 1904.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/bucher-und-durrer-300x203.jpg)
![The Hotel Bürgenstock, circa 1877.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/hotel-burgenstock-300x164.jpg)
Funicular railways a second string to their bow
![The Stanserhorn funicular, pictured at the end of the 19th century.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/stanserhornbahn-300x211.jpg)
![Franz Josef Bucher with his famous Genoa millions. His wife Josefina Durrer and two sons Ernst and Werner can be seen in the background. 1894.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/millionaer-300x209.jpg)