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funicular railway

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Noun1.funicular railwayfunicular railway - a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
cable railway, funicular
cable car, car - a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"
railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
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funicular railway [fjuːˌnɪkjʊləˈreɪlweɪ] N → funicular m


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Others include the Angel's Flight funicular railway in the Bunker Hill area of downtown, the Towers of Simon Rodia in Watts, the site of the San Fernando Mission and the site of Campo de Cahuenga in North Hollywood, where a treaty was signed in 1847 ending the war between the United States and Mexico.
AQUEDUCT'S END NAMED CITY HISTORIC CULTURAL MONUMENT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
There are good views from atop the San Cristobal Hill, which is accessible by funicular railway, (Metro Tobalaba), cable car (called the Teleferico), bicycle or car.
CHILE by Latin Trade
Angel's Flight was a funicular railway that transported passengers up a steep incline, from Hill to Olive Street.
Los Angeles: an overview by Los Angeles Business Journal
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