The two vintage cars with their wooden benches and old-school lightbulbs look ... Angels Flight is technically a funicular — a cable railway that uses counter-balancing to pull and lower the ...

Funicular railways have a long history in Los Angeles, and traversed far more than Bunker Hill downtown, where Angels Flight still operates. There was also Court Flight downtown, as well as a Mt.

Once a small fishing hamlet, this charming seaside resort draws thousands of visitors each year with its well preserved Victorian landmarks and surf-friendly beach ...

"[During the war] much of the broadcasting apparatus was moved into the old Clifton Rocks Railway, once the world's only completely underground funicular railway. "The BBC took it over in 1940 and ...

Gelmerbahn in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, is the steepest funicular in Europe. It has an inclination of up to 106% and a 1,028m (3,373ft) long track. It takes you to the Gelmer Valley 1860m ...

The Cairngorm Mountain Railway, which climbs to 1,097m above sea level, has officially reopened after years of delays and costly repairs. The funicular, located near Aviemore in the Scottish ...

The 140-year-old Grade II listed funicular in Folkestone ... The funicular was built after the extension of the South Eastern Railway in 1843 bought hordes of Victorian visitors to the seaside.

The funicular's owners hope it can return to normal service The UK's highest railway has returned to service following an extensive programme of work. The Cairngorm funicular near Aviemore ...

To celebrate its reopening in August, let’s take a look at a few famous funicular railways, beginning with a definition. [2] The word is derived from the Latin funiculus, meaning “rope” or ...