A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars.
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Examples for "funicular"
Examples for "funicular"
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They start along the terrace toward the station of the funicular railway.
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Willie rode the little funicular railway alone, morose and lost in thought.
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Those who like to come up by the funicular can do so.
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The neighbourhood has a number of historic homes and a funicular undergoing renovation.
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Hong Kong's only funicular railway has been ferrying passengers since 1888.
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They start along the terrace toward the station of the funicular railway.
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Willie rode the little funicular railway alone, morose and lost in thought.
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Hong Kong's only funicular railway has been ferrying passengers since 1888.
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A little below that was the terminal station of the funicular railway from Montreux.
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I am not a climber myself, except by funicular railway.
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Before me I saw the turnstile which led to a cable railway.
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In removing an old cable railway track in St. Louis, Mo., holes 8 ins.
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To this hill is due the pioneer cable railway, built in the early '70's.
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A cable railway ferries visitors up and down the hill.
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For amazing views of the city take the Artxanda Funicular, a cable railway, to Mount Artxanda.