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Monday Train Blogging: Slippery Slope | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Monday Train Blogging: Slippery Slope (4.00 / 2)

I was initially going to cite Grenoble, or Montmartre, then I thought I might as well lose the focus on France, so here's another funicular that I've taken on several occasions (we had to exit Taiwan every 3 months to renew our visas, so we'd go to ... Hong Kong). Here it is, Hong Kong's Peak Tram, first in service in 1888:

Double reversible funicular system
Lower Terminal - 28 metres above sea level
Upper Terminal - 396 metres above sea level
Length of Track - 1,365 metres
Track Gradient - From 4 degrees to 27 degrees
Hydraulic actuated and spring return disk brakes ensure fail-safe operation

http://www.thepeak.com.hk/tram/history.html

by Alex in Toulouse on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 11:46:08 AM EST

Re: Monday Train Blogging: Slippery Slope (none / 0)

Heh, reading you, I updated the diary with the data of the two funiculars.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 03:14:47 PM EST
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