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1950 Chicago streetcar crash; 1954 Zagreb tram accident; 1996 Dniprodzerzhynsk tram accident; B. 1907 Birmingham Tramway accident; C. ... Palisades Tahoe Aerial Tram;
"The Loop" not only refers to Chicago's central business district, which is known as the Chicago Loop, but also a rectangular pattern formed by the city's elevated trains. Some trains entering the Loop do a complete circuit around the entire rectangular "loop", and after turning around all four corners, leave on the same path they came from.
An aerial tramway consists of one or two fixed cables (called track cables), one loop of cable (called a haulage rope), and one or two passenger or cargo cabins.The fixed cables provide support for the cabins while the haulage rope, by means of a grip, is solidly connected to the truck (the wheel set that rolls on the track cables).
The Sky Ride was an attraction built for the Century of Progress 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois.It was a transporter bridge (with a design similar to an aerial tramway or gondola lift) designed by the bridge engineering firm Robinson & Steinman that ferried people across the lagoon, Burnham Harbor, in the center of the fair.
The wooden tower was part of the Saline Valley Salt Tram, a 13-mile aerial tramway built in 1911 and used to transport salt from the Saline Valley, over the Inyo Mountains and to a processing ...
Tram accident at the Raambrug On 3 June 1902, a Haarlemsche Tramway-Maatschappij tram derailed at the Raambrug, Haarlem, North Holland and plunged into a canal. On 7 August 1927, two trams of the "Gooische Stoomtram" tramway company crashed in a head-on collision in a single-track section near Laren, North Holland. Four people were killed and ...
The Hawks Nest State Park aerial tram, in Fayette County, West Virginia, carries park visitors from the rim of the New River Gorge to the bank of the New River, a descent of more than 800 feet (240 m). The aerial tram at Pipestem Resort State Park in Pipestem, West Virginia descends 3,600 feet (1,100 m) into the Bluestone River gorge. Wyoming
A tram accident is any accident involving a tram or tram system. Though tram systems can be environmentally friendly, efficient, and cost effective methods of transport within urban areas [ citation needed ] , issues such as poor maneuverability and long braking distances also pose public safety concerns. [ 2 ]