On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 17:32:23 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Hi all,

Anyone wondering how Tramlink will bridge the vertical gap between Crystal
Palace station and Crystal Palace Parade, might be interested in the German
solution... I think TfL should suggest this to the safety bods just to get
their reaction !

http://home.arcor.de/guenter.kretzsc...ack_carr_.html

It is an incredible line, that one, and I'm surprised it isn't better
known. A rural DMU-worked branch wanders off the main line, another
quite pretty branch wanders off that one, then among the trees just
before the end is the connection to the DB-operated funicular - and it
is huge, not a Scarborough-seafront job. At the top are second-hand
S-bahn type trains on an isolated electric line wandering through the
countryside.

The only snag is that it is in the middle of nowhere, though there is
a Youth Hostel at the end of the branch.
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

"John Rowland" wrote in message ...
Hi all,

Anyone wondering how Tramlink will bridge the vertical gap between Crystal
Palace station and Crystal Palace Parade, might be interested in the German
solution... I think TfL should suggest this to the safety bods just to get
their reaction !

http://home.arcor.de/guenter.kretzsc...ack_carr_.html

How about something along the lines of the Falkirk Wheel narrowboat
lift? That'd *really* raise a few eyebrows! ;-)

David E. Belcher

"David E. Belcher" wrote in message
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"John Rowland" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Anyone wondering how Tramlink will bridge the vertical
gap between Crystal Palace station and Crystal Palace
Parade, might be interested in the German solution...


http://home.arcor.de/guenter.kretzsc...ack_carr_.html

How about something along the lines of the Falkirk Wheel
narrowboat lift? That'd *really* raise a few eyebrows! ;-)

Or would it raise one eyebrow, while lowering the other?

Anyway, the Falkirk Wheel isn't real, it's just an elaborate hoax to trick
unwitting websurfers into thinking there's something worth visiting in
Falkirk. Haven't you noticed that every picture of it looks like it was
drawn by a CAD package?

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

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John Rowland wrote:

Anyway, the Falkirk Wheel isn't real, it's just an elaborate hoax to trick
unwitting websurfers into thinking there's something worth visiting in
Falkirk. Haven't you noticed that every picture of it looks like it was
drawn by a CAD package?

I've wheely been round on it, John.

Nick
--
"And we will be restoring neurotypicality just as soon as we are sure
what is normal anyway. Thank you". -- not quite DNA