Other advances included rubber cone independent suspension, designed by Alex Moulton (who incidentally, went on to design the Moulton bicycle -- another of my favorite designs), rack and pinion steering and a monocoque body that eliminated the need for a costly separate chassis.

CNN: A design classic

You name it, they have run a railway up it, by hook or by crook, by rack or by pinion and by Albula and St Moritz.

BBC: Full steam ahead