funicular

     

A funicular, also known as a funicular railway, incline, incline railway, inclined plane, or cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a very steep slope, the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalancing each other.

Trivia about funicular

  • On this type of railway, ascending & descending cars may counterbalance each other
  • This type of transport seen here has its ups & downs:
  • It's a cable-operated railway going up a hillside
  • 296 feet long to climb 189 feet, the USA's shortest & steepest of these still operates in Dubuque
  • A fun way to get to the top of a mountain is this kind of cable railway whose name is from the Latin for "rope"

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