 | | Re: MOC Funiculaire (Mountain train) Funicular? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | (...) railway or rack railway. (URL) particularly this part (URL) good info on funiculars. Funiculars are cable attached and drive/motive power comes from a lifthouse at the top (or bottom), not cogs in the power trucks. (I've ridden two Swiss ones, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: MOC Funiculaire (Mountain train) Funicular? —Adrian Egli
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| | | | | Might want to give this site a try: (URL) Egli "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H0C7KK.5tC@lugnet.com... (...) drive/motive (...) the (...) fast (...) you'll (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: MOC Funiculaire (Mountain train) Funicular? —Jean-Marc Détraz
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| | | | | Hi Larry, Thanks a lot for your precisions about the different terminologies. I sure appreciate the links and I finally realized the difference between a funicular and a cog railway. When I lived in switzerland, we called all those train just (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: MOC Funiculaire (Mountain train) Funicular? —Rob Doucette
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| | | | (...) Conincidently, a new Modern Marvels episode on the History Channel (US) tonight (10:00 PM eastern) Tuesday 6-Aug-02: "Towing" Tugboats; roller-coasters; *funicular railroads*; flat-bed truck; 747. -Rob. (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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