what is funicular?

Answer 1

Funicular is a cable railway ascending a mountain

Answer 2

Wikipedia: Funicular
A funicular Latin], funiculus, thin rope, a diminutive of funis, rope. ... Funicular. Funimag, the first web magazine about funiculars ...
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Answer 3

A funicular [etimology: Latin, funiculus, thin rope, a diminutive of funis, rope.] also called funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or, in the United Kingdom, a cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which cables attached to a tram-like vehicle on rails move it up and down a very steep slope.

The theory of operation is derived from the fastening of two cars to either end of a cable and alternately making them ascend and descend an incline of railway tracks. In this configuration the cars, especially if transporting like loads, usually riders, are counterbalanced creating an efficiency of lift effort.

The usual engineering practice is to splice the cable ends together thereby creating a continuous cable loop. The cars are attached equidistantly at opposite points on the cable loop. The cable is driven by any means of winching at one end of the run, and held taught by a tensioning wheel at the other. Other sheeve wheels are employed to guide the cable to and from the drive mechanism and the incline cars. Locomotion is created by alternately reversing the direction of the drive mechanism so that the cars switch positions on the incline, that is, one up and one down.

In some cases, such as on the Duquesne Incline in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, there are parallel sets of tracks and platforms for each vehicle. The wheels of the cars are usually single flanged resembling those on standard railway vehicles.

The four-railed funicular was a standard up until the 1890’s when Professor T. S. C. Lowe, builder of the Mount Lowe Railway, devised a passing track configuration by which the inboard wheels of the cars shared a common center rail except at the passing point (center of the funicular) where the rails divided into two sets and were rejoined after the cars could clear each other. This three-railed configuration became the new world wide standard.


The passing track configuration of the Mount Lowe Railway as devised by Prof. Thaddeus Lowe.Cars used with a three-railed configuration have flanges on both sides of the outboard wheels which keeps them aligned with the outer rail thus holding each car in position. The inboard wheels are typically unflanged and ride on top of the opposite rail thereby easily crossing over the rails at the passing track juncture.

Angels Flight funicular in Los Angeles employs the three-rail configuration, also called a gantlet or gauntlet track. Angels Flight uses separate cables for each car which are powered from a geared mechanism rather than using a single cable attached at each end to the cars

Answer 4

A funicular [etimology: Latin, funiculus, thin rope, a diminutive of funis, rope.] also called funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or, in the United Kingdom, a cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which cables attached to a tram-like vehicle on rails move it up and down a very steep slope.
Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California with a passing track or gantlet (gauntlet) track configuration.
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Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California with a passing track or gantlet (gauntlet) track configuration.

The theory of operation is derived from the fastening of two cars to either end of a cable and alternately making them ascend and descend an incline of railway tracks. In this configuration the cars, especially if transporting like loads, usually riders, are counterbalanced creating an efficiency of lift effort.

The usual engineering practice is to splice the cable ends together thereby creating a continuous cable loop. The cars are attached equidistantly at opposite points on the cable loop. The cable is driven by any means of winching at one end of the run, and held taught by a tensioning wheel at the other. Other sheeve wheels are employed to guide the cable to and from the drive mechanism and the incline cars. Locomotion is created by alternately reversing the direction of the drive mechanism so that the cars switch positions on the incline, that is, one up and one down.

In some cases, such as on the Duquesne Incline in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, there are parallel sets of tracks and platforms for each vehicle. The wheels of the cars are usually single flanged resembling those on standard railway vehicles.

The four-railed funicular was a standard up until the 1890’s when Professor T. S. C. Lowe, builder of the Mount Lowe Railway, devised a passing track configuration by which the inboard wheels of the cars shared a common center rail except at the passing point (center of the funicular) where the rails divided into two sets and were rejoined after the cars could clear each other. This three-railed configuration became the new world wide standard.
The passing track configuration of the Mount Lowe Railway as devised by Prof. Thaddeus Lowe.
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The passing track configuration of the Mount Lowe Railway as devised by Prof. Thaddeus Lowe.

Cars used with a three-railed configuration have flanges on both sides of the outboard wheels which keeps them aligned with the outer rail thus holding each car in position. The inboard wheels are typically unflanged and ride on top of the opposite rail thereby easily crossing over the rails at the passing track juncture.

Angels Flight funicular in Los Angeles employs the three-rail configuration, also called a gantlet or gauntlet track. Angels Flight uses separate cables for each car which are powered from a geared mechanism rather than using a single cable attached at each end to the cars.

Answer 5

A funicular [etimology: Latin, funiculus, thin rope, a diminutive of funis, rope.] also called funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or, in the United Kingdom, a cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which cables attached to a tram-like vehicle on rails move it up and down a very steep slope.

Answer 6

1.A funicular shape is one similar to that taken by a suspended chain or string subjected to a particular loading.
2.Funicular A type of lift which uses a car traveling on steel rails, as a carrier. Most funiculars are "jigback" lifts, meaning that the weight of a car coming down counterbalances the weight of a car going up. Some funiciulars use two tracks, and some use just one, switching into two tracks in the middle of the line to allow the cars to pass. Most funiculars are in Europe. ...
Funicular A type of lift which uses a car traveling on steel rails, as a carrier. Most funiculars are "jigback" lifts, meaning that the weight of a car coming down counterbalances the weight of a car going up. Some funiciulars use two tracks, and some use just one, switching into two tracks in the middle of the line to allow the cars to pass. Most funiculars are in Europe. ...

Answer 7

A funicular [etimology: Latin, funiculus, thin rope, a diminutive of funis, rope.] also called funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or, in the United Kingdom, a cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which cables attached to a tram-like vehicle on rails move it up and down a very steep slope.

Answer 8

It is a cable railway along which cable cars are drawn up a mountain,especially with ascending and descending cars to counterbalance each other.

Answer 9

A brilliant mix of the words funky and peculiar! :P