funicular railway

American  

noun

1. a short, very steep railway having two parallel sets of tracks, upon each of which runs a car or train raised or lowered by means of a cable that simultaneously lowers or raises the other car or train in such a way that the two are approximately counterbalanced.

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Etymology

Origin of funicular railway

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The project, next to the historic Angels Flight funicular railway, is in De León’s district, and it may not receive the go-ahead from City Hall without his support.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Ride the 131-year-old funicular railway from the Lower Terminus to Victoria Peak, a mountaintop on Hong Kong Island.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2019

Wilmslow-based Natural Retreats UK was named in February as the preferred bidder for the centre, which includes Scotland's only funicular railway and the UK's highest restaurant.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2014

Henry Lunn encouraged the building of the Allmendhubel funicular railway in Mürren, while his son Arnold used the resort to stage the world's first slalom and world championships.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2012

They had made a gas recharging station at the corner of the American Fall above the funicular railway, and they were, opening up a much larger area to the south for the same purpose.

From The War in the Air by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)