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Engineering > Civil engineering > Funicular railroads

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Funicular railroads  

Definition

  • Light rail transit in which cable cars or short trains are used to climb a steep incline by having vehicles raised or lowered by cables, simultaneously lowering or raising a second train on a parallel track in such a way that the two are counterbalanced [AAT 94]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cable railroads, funiculars
  • Funiculars
  • Inclined railroads, funiculars
  • Railroads, cable, funiculars
  • Railroads, funicular
  • Railways, cable, funiculars

Notation

  • 117681

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-HD7ZCBHQ-2

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