Funicular
Nextel ringtones Image:duquesne_incline.jpg/thumb/right/300px/Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with full length parallel tracks
A '''funicular''', also called '''funicular Slippery Sara railway''' or '''inclined railway''', '''inclined plane''', or in England a '''cliff railway''', consists of a system of Mosquito ringtone transport in which Allison Virgin cables attach to a Secret ringtone tram-like vehicle on Amy Virgin rails to move it up and down a very steep Download ringtones slope.
The word "funicular" derives from the Angelina Virgin Latin ''funiculus'' (thin rope), a diminutive of ''funis'' (rope).
Introduction
Cingular ringtones Image:DocksideFunicular.jpg/thumb/right/300px/Dockside funicular at Anna Virgin Chongqing - note typical passing section configuration for two car balanced arrangement. A very long funicular need have only a relatively short section for passing.
Cingular Ringtones Image:ChongqingFunicular2.jpg/thumb/right/300px/Two dockside funiculars of another type at the riverfront of Chongqing. Mechanical adjustments are provided to allow for changes in the elevation of the pontoon with varying water level
The religion whose vehicle is often specially a brine designed for the particular inclination, so that seats and/or floors remain roughly horizontal.
Funiculars are also called spartan new trams or influence every cable car (railway)/cable cars in many places. Typically the steepness of the all copies track does not vary very much, which differentiates the funicular from a cable railway. In addition, the cars of a funicular usually are permanently attached at the end(s) of the cable whereas the cars on a cable railway can usually detach and reattach to the cable during normal operation.
It is thus a hands paul hybrid between cable transport and rail transport. Two stigmatized clinics railroad car/cars at the end of a cable go alternately up and down on either two tracks or one track which splits and rejoins in the middle. Funiculars often occur in per diluted mountains. Many cities have short funiculars on planning my hills or tolerance when cliffs, such as the handing martinez Montmartre funicular in time sheppard Paris, or those in the thought paul England/English d at seaside resort of for reprocessing Scarborough, England/Scarborough.
Some urban funiculars are associated with a city's transit system. For example, the Montmartre funicular in Paris and the concentration mellish Montjuïc funicular in findings defy Barcelona are fare-integrated with those cities' where communication metro systems.
The world's steepest passenger railway is the about parties Katoomba Scenic Railway, a funicular down the wall of the assassin he Jamison Valley near Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, with maximum grade of 122% (52° from horizontal, 90° being vertical). [http://infobluemountains.net.au/rail/ksr/Default.htm]
History
The earliest such railways were hydropower/water-driven, allowing barge traffic of canals to ascend and descend steep hills. They were used primarily in the early 19th century, especially during the height of the canal-building era in the 1830s in the United States.
Such railways operated by allowing water in feeder canals at the top of the plane to drive a turbine, raising or lowering a canal barge along a steep slope. Along level sections, the railroads essentially operated as standard towpath canals, with the barges typically drawn by horse or mule.
Examples of hydropower inclined plane railroads in the United States included the Allegheny Portage Railroad, part of the Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works/Pennsylvania Main Line Canal, built in 1834 with ten planes as the first railroad across the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania. Similarly, the Morris Canal in New Jersey connected the Delaware River with the Passaic River using 23 planes, as well as a series of canal lock/locks along the gentler gradients.
Considered technological marvels in their height, water-driven inclined plane in the 1850s.
image:luz-fun.jpg/right/300px/framed/''Gütschbahn in Lucerne'' from Führer für Luzern, ''Vierwaldstättersee und Umgebung'', Lucerne, 1893.
Funiculars of the world
The steepest funicular in the United States is the Johnstown Inclined Plane in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with a grade of 70.9% (the angle of the railway is set at 35°, 25 minutes).
* Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway, Aberystwyth, Wales
* Allegheny Portage Railroad, Gallitzin, Pennsylvania/Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, United States/USA (Historic Funicular site)
* Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California/Los Angeles, California, United States "The shortest railway in the world"
* Bergen, Norway
* Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Cliff Railway/Cliff Railway, UK.
* Budapest, Hungary
* Cairn Gorm mountain funicular, Scotland
* Chongqing, China, for transport of riverboat passengers from pontoon to shore.
* Standseilbahn Dresden/Dresden Standseilbahn, Germany
* Duquesne Incline and Monongahela Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, United States/USA
* Falls Incline, Niagara Falls, Canada
* Fourth Street Elevator, Dubuque, IA (also called the Fenelon Place Elevator)
* Fribourg, Switzerland
* Genoa, Italy
* Graz, Austria
* Gütschbahn, Lucerne, Switzerland
* Hastings, England
* Harderbahn, Interlaken, Switzerland
* Haifa, Israel (the Carmelit, underground)
* Heidelberg, Germany, Königstuhlbahn
* Hong Kong Victoria Peak - Hong Kong Peaktram/Peaktram
* Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States/USA (Run as part of the tourist attaction.)
* Istanbul, Turkey (the Tunel, underground)
* Johnstown Inclined Plane, Johnstown, Pennsylvania/Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States/USA
* Katoomba Scenic Railway, Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
* Karlovy vary, Czech Republic
* Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy up to Brunate
* Lisbon, Portugal, built on seven hills is served by three small funiculars
* Llandudno, Wales, the Great Orme Tramway
* Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
* Lykavittos, Athens
* Lyon, France (first funicular of the world, 1860)
* Marzilibahn, Bern, Switzerland
* Mendelbahn, South Tyrol, Italy, built in 1903
* Montecatini, Italy
* Montjuïc, Barcelona
* Montserrat (mountain), Catalonia
* Montmartre, Paris, France
* Naples, Italy
* Nazaré, Portugal
* Penang, Malaysia
* Prague, Czech Republic
* Quebec City
* Tibidabo, Barcelona
* Tignes (Grande Motte glacier), France
* Vallvidrera, Barcelona
* Valparaiso, Chile
* Viana do Castelo, Portugal
* Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand
* Wellington, New Zealand (Kelburn Cable Car)
* Wiesbaden, Germany (using water as weight to move the cars)
* Zagreb, Croatia
''See also:'' British funicular railways, List of funiculars in Switzerland
External links
* http://www.funimag.com
* http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/urbtr/funicul-eng.html
* http://www.floibanen.no/eng/
* http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481&msg_id=00A1se&photo_id=2858961
* http://www.wellingtonnz.com/cablecar/
See also
*Canal inclined plane
*Kaprun disaster
*Public transport
*Skiing
*Cog railway
*Gravity railroad
Tag: Rail transport
Tag: Vertical transportation devices
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Tag: Funicular railways
A '''funicular''', also called '''funicular Slippery Sara railway''' or '''inclined railway''', '''inclined plane''', or in England a '''cliff railway''', consists of a system of Mosquito ringtone transport in which Allison Virgin cables attach to a Secret ringtone tram-like vehicle on Amy Virgin rails to move it up and down a very steep Download ringtones slope.
The word "funicular" derives from the Angelina Virgin Latin ''funiculus'' (thin rope), a diminutive of ''funis'' (rope).
Introduction
Cingular ringtones Image:DocksideFunicular.jpg/thumb/right/300px/Dockside funicular at Anna Virgin Chongqing - note typical passing section configuration for two car balanced arrangement. A very long funicular need have only a relatively short section for passing.
Cingular Ringtones Image:ChongqingFunicular2.jpg/thumb/right/300px/Two dockside funiculars of another type at the riverfront of Chongqing. Mechanical adjustments are provided to allow for changes in the elevation of the pontoon with varying water level
The religion whose vehicle is often specially a brine designed for the particular inclination, so that seats and/or floors remain roughly horizontal.
Funiculars are also called spartan new trams or influence every cable car (railway)/cable cars in many places. Typically the steepness of the all copies track does not vary very much, which differentiates the funicular from a cable railway. In addition, the cars of a funicular usually are permanently attached at the end(s) of the cable whereas the cars on a cable railway can usually detach and reattach to the cable during normal operation.
It is thus a hands paul hybrid between cable transport and rail transport. Two stigmatized clinics railroad car/cars at the end of a cable go alternately up and down on either two tracks or one track which splits and rejoins in the middle. Funiculars often occur in per diluted mountains. Many cities have short funiculars on planning my hills or tolerance when cliffs, such as the handing martinez Montmartre funicular in time sheppard Paris, or those in the thought paul England/English d at seaside resort of for reprocessing Scarborough, England/Scarborough.
Some urban funiculars are associated with a city's transit system. For example, the Montmartre funicular in Paris and the concentration mellish Montjuïc funicular in findings defy Barcelona are fare-integrated with those cities' where communication metro systems.
The world's steepest passenger railway is the about parties Katoomba Scenic Railway, a funicular down the wall of the assassin he Jamison Valley near Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, with maximum grade of 122% (52° from horizontal, 90° being vertical). [http://infobluemountains.net.au/rail/ksr/Default.htm]
History
The earliest such railways were hydropower/water-driven, allowing barge traffic of canals to ascend and descend steep hills. They were used primarily in the early 19th century, especially during the height of the canal-building era in the 1830s in the United States.
Such railways operated by allowing water in feeder canals at the top of the plane to drive a turbine, raising or lowering a canal barge along a steep slope. Along level sections, the railroads essentially operated as standard towpath canals, with the barges typically drawn by horse or mule.
Examples of hydropower inclined plane railroads in the United States included the Allegheny Portage Railroad, part of the Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works/Pennsylvania Main Line Canal, built in 1834 with ten planes as the first railroad across the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania. Similarly, the Morris Canal in New Jersey connected the Delaware River with the Passaic River using 23 planes, as well as a series of canal lock/locks along the gentler gradients.
Considered technological marvels in their height, water-driven inclined plane in the 1850s.
image:luz-fun.jpg/right/300px/framed/''Gütschbahn in Lucerne'' from Führer für Luzern, ''Vierwaldstättersee und Umgebung'', Lucerne, 1893.
Funiculars of the world
The steepest funicular in the United States is the Johnstown Inclined Plane in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with a grade of 70.9% (the angle of the railway is set at 35°, 25 minutes).
* Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway, Aberystwyth, Wales
* Allegheny Portage Railroad, Gallitzin, Pennsylvania/Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, United States/USA (Historic Funicular site)
* Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California/Los Angeles, California, United States "The shortest railway in the world"
* Bergen, Norway
* Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Cliff Railway/Cliff Railway, UK.
* Budapest, Hungary
* Cairn Gorm mountain funicular, Scotland
* Chongqing, China, for transport of riverboat passengers from pontoon to shore.
* Standseilbahn Dresden/Dresden Standseilbahn, Germany
* Duquesne Incline and Monongahela Incline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, United States/USA
* Falls Incline, Niagara Falls, Canada
* Fourth Street Elevator, Dubuque, IA (also called the Fenelon Place Elevator)
* Fribourg, Switzerland
* Genoa, Italy
* Graz, Austria
* Gütschbahn, Lucerne, Switzerland
* Hastings, England
* Harderbahn, Interlaken, Switzerland
* Haifa, Israel (the Carmelit, underground)
* Heidelberg, Germany, Königstuhlbahn
* Hong Kong Victoria Peak - Hong Kong Peaktram/Peaktram
* Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States/USA (Run as part of the tourist attaction.)
* Istanbul, Turkey (the Tunel, underground)
* Johnstown Inclined Plane, Johnstown, Pennsylvania/Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States/USA
* Katoomba Scenic Railway, Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
* Karlovy vary, Czech Republic
* Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy up to Brunate
* Lisbon, Portugal, built on seven hills is served by three small funiculars
* Llandudno, Wales, the Great Orme Tramway
* Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
* Lykavittos, Athens
* Lyon, France (first funicular of the world, 1860)
* Marzilibahn, Bern, Switzerland
* Mendelbahn, South Tyrol, Italy, built in 1903
* Montecatini, Italy
* Montjuïc, Barcelona
* Montserrat (mountain), Catalonia
* Montmartre, Paris, France
* Naples, Italy
* Nazaré, Portugal
* Penang, Malaysia
* Prague, Czech Republic
* Quebec City
* Tibidabo, Barcelona
* Tignes (Grande Motte glacier), France
* Vallvidrera, Barcelona
* Valparaiso, Chile
* Viana do Castelo, Portugal
* Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand
* Wellington, New Zealand (Kelburn Cable Car)
* Wiesbaden, Germany (using water as weight to move the cars)
* Zagreb, Croatia
''See also:'' British funicular railways, List of funiculars in Switzerland
External links
* http://www.funimag.com
* http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/urbtr/funicul-eng.html
* http://www.floibanen.no/eng/
* http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481&msg_id=00A1se&photo_id=2858961
* http://www.wellingtonnz.com/cablecar/
See also
*Canal inclined plane
*Kaprun disaster
*Public transport
*Skiing
*Cog railway
*Gravity railroad
Tag: Rail transport
Tag: Vertical transportation devices
de:Standseilbahn
fr:funiculaire
nl:Kabeltrein
ru:Фуникулёр
zh:纜索鐵路
Tag: Funicular railways
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Funiculars are really good fun!
This may interest you if you collect them:
http://rogerdboyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/aberystwyth-funicular-disaster.html
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