At one point it is climbing at 110 degrees. Recall that
90 degrees is straight up.
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To: sparklite2
2 posted on
12/15/2017 11:06:37 AM PST by
PGR88
To: sparklite2
I still like the old fashioned ones....like the one in Bogota....I’ve taken it several times
3 posted on
12/15/2017 11:09:00 AM PST by
rrrod
(just an old guy with a gun in his pocke)
To: sparklite2
“Hey Baby! Wanna ride the funicular?”
Slap!
4 posted on
12/15/2017 11:11:35 AM PST by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: sparklite2
at inclines of up to 110 percent % grade is different from degrees...
100% is 45 degrees (rise over run).
5 posted on
12/15/2017 11:12:10 AM PST by
grobdriver
(BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
To: sparklite2
It doesn’t say 110°, but 110% grade. Percent grade is defined as the amount of feet in elevation versus the number of feet traveled forward; hence a 110% grade means a change in elevation of 110 feet for every 100 feet traveled horizontally. It’s a little less than 48° angle, maximum, or (in British gradient measurments) 1 in 1.1.
6 posted on
12/15/2017 11:12:49 AM PST by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: sparklite2
What is it, a type of skier gondola?
9 posted on
12/15/2017 11:15:05 AM PST by
Hot Tabasco
(My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
To: sparklite2
It said 110%, not 110 degrees. Arctan 1.1 is about 47.72 degrees.
11 posted on
12/15/2017 11:16:41 AM PST by
NurdlyPeon
(It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
To: sparklite2
The hobos are lining up to catch a ride on the funicular in Switzerland!
12 posted on
12/15/2017 11:16:45 AM PST by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: sparklite2
The barrel-shaped carriages adjust their floors so passengers can still stand upright even as they climb towards the Alpine plateau...It's your turn in the barrel today, not mine! ;-)
13 posted on
12/15/2017 11:19:14 AM PST by
TigersEye
(0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
To: sparklite2
Interesting, but lacks the cachet of a cog railway...
...but probably safer and more comfortable.
To: sparklite2
15 posted on
12/15/2017 11:23:43 AM PST by
clamper1797
(We are getting close to the last "box")
To: sparklite2
I read that too. The article speaks of PERCENT, not degrees of “up”
17 posted on
12/15/2017 11:24:14 AM PST by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: sparklite2
Quebec City Funicular is 100%, or 45° angle, or 1:1.
To: sparklite2
Like the Gateway arch circular elevators in St. Louis on a much grander scale.
19 posted on
12/15/2017 11:25:41 AM PST by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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“What did you do while you were in Switzerland?”
“I rode a swinging funicular.”
“Well, that’ll make you yodel.”
20 posted on
12/15/2017 11:27:10 AM PST by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: sparklite2
There is a similar “train” in Hong Kong.
23 posted on
12/15/2017 11:33:08 AM PST by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: sparklite2
I rode the funicular at Shadowbrook restaurant in Capitola, California many times.
-PJ
24 posted on
12/15/2017 11:34:27 AM PST by
Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
To: sparklite2
The design looks similar to the elevator in the St Louis Gateway Arch
26 posted on
12/15/2017 11:37:56 AM PST by
CIB-173RDABN
(US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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Lookout Mountain Incline Railway. Great views from the roof at the top.
28 posted on
12/15/2017 11:41:20 AM PST by
Prov1322
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To: sparklite2
I watched the video, and read the information.
I remember traveling the Palm Springs Tramway, doing my best to enjoy the different ecosystems along the rise, all the while bug-eyed and white-knuckled. A week later, a tram car malfunctioned along the most almost unaccessible portion of the cable, and folks were stuck for a day.
Sure, this is an engineering feat. The first complete run is a benchmark.
I’ll come back and look at it in a year.
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