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Engineering > Civil engineering > Cable railroads

Preferred term

Cable railroads  

Definition

  • Light rail transit in which railroad-type vehicles are pulled by a moving continuous cable or belt, usually located beneath the railway

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cable car railroads
  • Cableways
  • Inclined railroads, cable railroads
  • Railroads, cable
  • Railways, cable
  • Streetcar systems, cable
  • Tramways, cable

Notation

  • 112485

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-LGR8C86Q-L

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