cable railway
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cable railway
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Portugal is in mourning after at least 17 people died and some 20 more were injured when Lisbon's famous funicular cable railway derailed on Wednesday evening.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
A family in the U.K. has one of the country’s smallest funicular railways – a type of cable railway system on an incline – at their home.
From Fox News ● Jan. 8, 2022
The funicular, or cable railway built on an incline, has a storied past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2017
Once a buzzing, wealthy suburb with its own cable railway, it is now pockmarked with shuttered businesses and boarded-up homes.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2017
A cable railway would answer the purpose to perfection, and the cost of running the steam motor would be insignificant, owing to the amount of wood and coal found within easy reach.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage
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