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Mount Faloria is a mountain in the Alps of northern Italy, located in the Dolomites near Cortina d'Ampezzo. It has an altitude of 2,352 metres (7,717 ft) and lies in close proximity to Sorapiss . It hosted the men's giant slalom event of the 1956 Winter Olympics , won by Toni Sailer of Austria , the first of three wins in his gold medal sweep ...
La Funivia del faloria (The Funicular of Mount Faloria ) is a 1950 Italian documentary film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The film takes the viewer on a cable car ride through the Dolomites . Much of the film was shot in Cortina d'Ampezzo .
The stop is located just above the passing loop, partly in the open air and partly in the short tunnel that separates it from the loop. When one car is halted here, the other car is stopped at Fjellveien. Unnamed stopping point without platforms or passenger access. One car halts here when the other car stops at Promsgate. Fløyen or Fløyfjellet
A San Francisco cable car on the Powell & Hyde line. A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required.
The system is a true funicular: an inclined railway with two passenger cars, connected via cables, operating in concert. Inaugurated in 1928, the Central Funicular of Naples is one of the most used funicular railways in the world, and carries over 10 million passengers per year. [1]
A cable railway is a railway that uses a cable, rope or chain to haul trains. It is a specific type of cable transportation . The most common use for a cable railway is to move vehicles on a steeply graded line that is too steep for conventional locomotives to operate on – this form of cable railway is often called an incline or inclined ...
Pomagnon seen from Faloria cable car, Cortina d'Ampezzo. Highest point; Elevation: 2,450 m (8,040 ft) Coordinates Geography; Pomagagnon. Location in the Alps ...
The same machine was used to transfer goods between the funicular and rail, and has been retained for use with the cable car. [ 8 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] From Grütschalp to Mürren the line is continued as a 4.27 km (2.7 mi) long narrow gauge electric railway, which rises 152 m (498.7 ft).