rail rope by an endless hauling rope at an average speed of 4 to 6 m.
Telpherage.—A telpher ropeway or cableway may be defined as a ropeway or cableway worked and controlled electrically, only a rail rope being required besides the live rail or wire from which the electric current is taken.
Thus the telpher is a self-propelled electric carrier running on a mono-rail, which, according to the conditions, may be a steel rail or a steel cable.
Rancho Los Cerritos was bought 1843 by John Temple, a Yankee who had come to California in 1827.
Rail shipping is provided by the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroads, which carry about half of the transhipments from the port.
Long Beach has contributed to the Alameda Corridor project to increase the capacity of the rail lines, roads, and highways connecting the port to the Los Angeles rail hub.
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