 | | Re: New MOC: Funicular Preview —Thomas Main
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| | | (...) What is the difference between a funicular and rack rail car? I remember seeing this rack train a few months ago: (URL) the funicular dragged by cables instead of self-powered? -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: New MOC: Funicular Preview —James Mathis
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| | | | (...) I think it a funicular is pulled by cables rather than rack. But, I'm not for sure. Maybe "funicular" is a more general name for any type of steep rail car that is shaped like a parallelogram? By the way, thanks for pointing out the rack rail (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: New MOC: Funicular Preview —James Powell
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| | | | (...) Sort of. A funicular is normally moved by arranging the top car to be heavier than the bottom car, and changing that around :). This is usually done using water, filling a tank under the upper car with water, and emptying the lower car's (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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