incline railway
C41189
concept
An incline railway is a transportation system that uses cable-hauled rail cars to move passengers or goods up and down steep slopes along fixed tracks.
Observed surface forms (5)
- hillside railway ×2
- cliff railway ×1
- gravity railroad ×1
- inclined-plane railroad ×1
- railway incline ×1
Instances (8)
- Babbacombe Cliff Railway via concept surface "cliff railway"
- Monongahela Incline
- Hohensalzburg Fortress funicular via concept surface "hillside railway"
- Mount Beacon Incline Railway (historic)
- Allegheny Portage Railroad via concept surface "inclined-plane railroad"
- Geislinger Steige via concept surface "railway incline"
- Santa Luzia funicular via concept surface "hillside railway"
- Switchback Gravity Railroad via concept surface "gravity railroad"