Dr Sing's Travel Stories. Video. A funicular train in Mt Fansipan - Sep 2022
Dr Sing's Travel Stories.Vietnam. A funicular train in Mt Fansipan - Sep 2022
A funicular train is that of a railway on a mountainside that is operated by a cable balancing the ascending and descending cars. The pulley at the top of the mountain controls both cars so that the cars and passengers are counter balanced
in weight
A funicular railway transports people up extremely steep slopes.
Trains are pulled up steep grades with a cable. With this cable,
the steel wheels of the train don’t need to have traction unlike
ordinary trains, but can be used primarily to guide the train
along the tracks.
The funicular railway counterbalances two train cars on the
same track by using the weight of one to help pull the other
up the mountain. The Incline has two cars that ride on the
same single mile-long track. When the cars come close together,
the track splits into two as a “passing loop” for both cars to pass
one another. This single track, passing loop system, is used in
funicular railways across the world.
What is the difference between a funicular and a cable car?
A cable car differs from a funicular system in that its cars are not
permanently attached to the cable and can stop independently,
whereas a funicular has cars that are permanently attached to
the propulsion cable, which is itself stopped and started.
Video shows one funicular car with tourists going downhill
of the peak of Mt Fansipan in Vietnam in Sep 2022.
My fellow traveller, Mandy, took this video.
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