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a train that gave up on dignity and decided to climb walls instead
means A cable railway on a steep slope where two counterbalanced cars are linked by a rope, so as one goes up the other comes down.
from From Latin 'funiculus,' a 'little rope' — the diminutive of 'funis,' meaning rope or cord. The word literally hangs on its cable: a funicular is, at heart, just a rope-thing made to haul people up hills.
- counterweight trick
- two cars balance each other on one cable
- latin roots
- named for funiculus, meaning thin rope
- steepest grade
- Switzerland's Stoosbahn climbs a brutal 110 percent
- energy sip
- descending car helps haul the ascending one
- oldest survivor
- Hungary's Buda Castle line runs since 1870
for instance
peak tram hong kong — world's oldest continuously operating funicular, running since 1888 on victoria peak
rigi railway switzerland — europe's oldest mountain railway, built in 1871 connecting lucerne to mount rigi
hasenheide funicular berlin — germany's first funicular railway, opened 1884 in berlin's south district