"The Alishan Forest Railway has yet to be given the international status and value it deserves," notes Su Chao-hsu. At one international conference, an Australian scholar told him that the Alishan Forest Railway ranks third in the world in terms of altitude gain.
「阿里山鐵路尚未得到其應有的國際地位與重視，」蘇昭旭指出，在一次國際研討會上，一位澳洲學者告訴他，阿里山鐵路在海拔落差上可名列世界前三。