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Encyclopedia > British funicular railways

There are a number of funicular railways in the United Kingdom. Many are known as cliff railways rather than funiculars.



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  • Funicular Railways of the UK (http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/)

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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.
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.
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).
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