Funicular Railway Car on Incline Model STL

A funicular car on a steep section of track. The body is built as four stepped compartments, each with its own door, so the floors stay level while the chassis follows the slope. The car runs on a sloping underframe with wheels on the rails, and the incline below is faced with coursed stone or brickwork. The upper end has cab windows and a headlamp. Funicular, or cliff, railways haul cars up steep slopes by cable, often with two cars counterbalancing each other. Many were built from the later n…

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