A cable railway is a railway that uses a cable, rope or chain to haul trains. It is a specific type of cable transportation. The most common use for a... 20 KB (2,554 words) - 21:39, 2 May 2024 |
Wharf. San Francisco's cable cars are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of only two street railways to be named a National... 55 KB (5,796 words) - 02:56, 12 May 2024 |
suspended in the air from a cable Aerial tramway Chairlift Gondola lift Bicable gondola lift Tricable gondola lift Cable railway, in which the vehicle rests... 1 KB (195 words) - 20:02, 31 March 2024 |
Funicular (redirect from Funicular railway) (/fjuːˈnɪkjʊlər, f(j)ʊ-, f(j)ə-/) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized... 27 KB (3,148 words) - 21:38, 14 May 2024 |
Prospect Mountain Cable Incline Railway (1895–1903) Niagara Falls, Prospect Park Incline Railway (1847–1907) Palenville, Otis Elevating Railway (1892–1918)... 66 KB (5,137 words) - 11:02, 30 April 2024 |
Tram (redirect from Cable-drawn) had several cable car lines, including the Second Street Cable Railroad, which operated from 1885 to 1889, and the Temple Street Cable Railway, which operated... 153 KB (16,799 words) - 07:49, 15 May 2024 |
The Second Street Cable Railway was the first cable car system to open in Los Angeles. Opened in 1885, it ran from Second and Spring Streets to First... 6 KB (637 words) - 01:18, 26 August 2021 |
Streetcars in Los Angeles (redirect from Temple Street Cable Railway) horse-drawn streetcars and cable cars, and later extensive electric streetcar networks of the Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric Railway and their predecessors... 8 KB (854 words) - 05:14, 15 March 2024 |
railway, a steeply graded railway that uses a cable or rope to haul trains Funicular (or funicular railway, a type of cable railway), a cable railway... 2 KB (274 words) - 22:06, 16 November 2022 |
Cable car street railways first began operating in Los Angeles in 1885 and lasted until 1902, when the lines were electrified and electric streetcars... 7 KB (796 words) - 00:47, 4 December 2022 |
hill. This may include cars on rails or pulled up by a cable system; a funicular or cable railway, such as the Johnstown Inclined Plane. Inclined planes... 39 KB (3,972 words) - 03:13, 6 May 2024 |
History of trams (section Cable-hauled) had several cable car lines, including the Second Street Cable Railroad, which operated from 1885 to 1889, and the Temple Street Cable Railway, which operated... 59 KB (6,303 words) - 17:19, 29 April 2024 |
Tower Subway (category 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in England) W. Barlow. A 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway was laid in the tunnel and from August 1870 a cable-hauled wooden carriage conveyed passengers from... 19 KB (2,433 words) - 12:24, 16 March 2024 |
also known as the Market Street Railroad Company, the Market Street Cable Railway Company and the United Railroads of San Francisco. Once the largest... 28 KB (2,347 words) - 19:09, 28 July 2023 |
Inclined elevator (category Cable railways) An inclined elevator or inclined lift is a form of cable railway that hauls rail cars up a steep gradient. An inclined elevator consists of one or two... 11 KB (1,214 words) - 05:54, 26 December 2023 |
the rope of the cable railway. On the centenary of the cableway in 2012, Google honored it with a doodle, viewable in Brazil. This cable car also appears... 12 KB (1,243 words) - 04:55, 26 April 2023 |
(Eizan Cable) 京福電気鉄道 (叡山ケーブル) (Randen 嵐電) Keihan Electric Railway (Otokoyama Cable) 京阪電気鉄道 (男山ケーブル) Kintetsu Railway (Ikoma Cable, Nishi-Shigi Cable) 近畿日本鉄道... 20 KB (2,023 words) - 09:34, 15 May 2024 |
Waterballast railway is a funicular or aerial tramway without a prime mover that uses gravity as its motive power. A synonym for this is water weight cable car... 11 KB (1,226 words) - 18:47, 29 April 2024 |
The Mount Tsukuba Cable Car (筑波山ケーブルカー, Tsukubasan Kēburukā), officially the Mount Tsukuba Cable Railway Line (筑波山鋼索鉄道線, Tsukubasan Kōsaku Tetsudō-sen)... 2 KB (204 words) - 18:19, 8 August 2023 |
Canal inclined plane (category Railway inclines) An inclined plane is a type of cable railway used on some canals for raising boats between different water levels. Boats may be conveyed afloat, in caissons... 12 KB (1,081 words) - 07:45, 5 April 2024 |
Jacob's Ladder (Saint Helena) (redirect from Saint Helena Railway Company) a ladder extending to heaven. The ladder is all that remains of a cable railway that was built there in the early 1800s. Its tracks and cars were later... 6 KB (420 words) - 15:41, 12 April 2024 |
A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the... 31 KB (3,734 words) - 15:28, 3 April 2024 |
Glasgow Subway (category Railway loop lines) is also one of the very few railways in the world with a track running gauge of 4 ft (1,219 mm). Originally a cable railway, the subway was later electrified... 55 KB (5,817 words) - 19:07, 15 May 2024 |
A cable-stayed bridge has one or more towers (or pylons), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which... 35 KB (4,175 words) - 00:11, 5 May 2024 |