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The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway is a 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge [2] inclined plane funicular railway leading to the top of Lookout Mountain from the historic St. Elmo neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Pages in category "Railway inclines in the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Prospect Park Incline Railway; S.
Lower station house of the Park Hill Incline Railway, Yonkers, New York. Beacon, Mount Beacon Incline Railway (1902–1972; 1975–1978) Lake George, Prospect Mountain Cable Incline Railway (1895–1903) [20] Niagara Falls, Prospect Park Incline Railway (1847–1907) Palenville, Otis Elevating Railway (1892–1918)
The Mill Mountain Incline was a 0.37 mi (0.60 km) funicular, or inclined plane, located on Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia, that operated between 1910–1929.Costing $40,000 to complete, the incline took visitors from the base of the mountain where the present-day Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital is located to the summit in the area where the Mill Mountain Star is now located. [1]
Lookout Mountain Incline Railway; ... Monongahela Incline; S. Strand Beach Elevator This page was last edited on 1 April 2018, at 23:46 (UTC). ...
From this platform [8] passengers could transfer to a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow-gauge, three-railed inclined-plane railway, [9] the "Great Incline," and ascend Echo Mountain (elevation 3,250 feet [990 m]). The Incline powering mechanism was designed by San Francisco cable car inventor Andrew Smith Hallidie.
A railway incline (or inclined plane) is a steeply graded railway that uses a cable or rope to haul trains. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The Mount Beacon Incline Railway was a narrow gauge incline railway up Beacon Mountain near Beacon, New York. A popular local tourist attraction, it operated for much of the 20th century, providing sweeping views of the Hudson River Valley. Efforts to restore it have been discontinued.