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Re: New MOC: Funicular Preview
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Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:07:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> > This is a very preliminary design study of a funicular (proper name?).
> > It is a somewhat parallogram-ish single passenger car for going up a very • steep
> > and straight incline (mountain).
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> These ARE cool, aren't they
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> > I'm pretty excited about it, mostly because my wife may get encouraged to • help
> > me with this project. We rode a vehicle like this in Switzerland during our
> > honeymoon.
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> Where? There are (at least?) two in Zurich, both of which I rode.
The funicular we rode started in Vevey, and made stops in towns up to Mt.
Pelerin. This is near Montreax on Lake Geneva. We bought some nice wine at a
family owned winery when we stopped in Chardonne- chatted some with the owners
as we sampled their selection.
> The vehicle we rode was pulled and lowered along the steep trac>k
> > via a cable system that rode along guide-pulleys in the center of the track.
> > My wife may help build the small mountain, if we have enough burps and bricks
> > to do it.
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> > The model is quite blandly red. No interesting features other than the • general
> > shape.
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> > http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopicts/funicular/funicular_v1_p1.jpg
<snip some of my own ramblings>
> There was a code pilot controlled rack railway with a carriage quite similar
> in appearance to yours at the LLC grand opening legofest 20 march 1999. I
> forget who brought it but it was cool and you ought to look at it if you can
> (there are pictures somewhere).
I'd love to see this.
> I found your car to be rather steep, slantwise. As I recall, Rigiblick was
> that steep (although much smaller, it was all one level inside) and Polybahn
> wasn't quite that steep with only 2 steps between each level.
Here is the only picture I can find so far on the web of the funicular
Vevey-Chardonne-Mt Pelerin:
http://www.waadtland.ch/gb/Themes_ways3.html
I'm not sure what slope this particular funicular has.
This funicular, which is NOT the Vevey route, does look a lot like what I
recall:
http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/ch/funicular/SMA/pix.html
(I must qualify this link, as this website appears to be down for the moment,
and I can't verify that it is the funicular that I want to cite. If you get
through, use the back button at the bottom of the page to see other funiculars
in Switzerland.)
later,
James Mathis
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| You don't have to go to Europe. Here's one in Tennessee: (URL) rode it this summer. Pretty cool. A bit thrilling at the top. :-) - Greg (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) steep (...) These ARE cool, aren't they (...) Where? There are (at least?) two in Zurich, both of which I rode. The vehicle we rode was pulled and lowered along the steep trac>k (...) general (...) There was a code pilot controlled rack (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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