November 17th 15, 02:17 AM
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Inclined lift at Greenford Station replaces the lastwooden escalator
Charles Ellson wrote:
On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 22:03:12 GMT, Anna Noyd-Dryver
wrote:
Dr J R Stockton wrote:
In uk.transport.london message
, Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:16:38, e27002 aurora posted:
On Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:03:03 +0000, Chris J Dixon
wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxScXvX1Dv4
I'm a little surprised that they claim it uses less power than a
conventional lift. If you have to raise a given mass through a
given vertical distance, shouldn't the answer be the same?
It is a funicular railway, no?
According to the beginning of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular#Inclined_lift, a funicular must
have two cars - but other parts of the article ignore that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelmerbahn_funicular is definitely a
funicular, and has only one car.
Not for anyone suffering from vertigo :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_VlWIVUqzg
Looks like a fantastic ride!
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