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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.
The Falls Incline Railway, originally known as the Horseshoe Falls Incline is a type of funicular railway (an inclined elevator) in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It is located beside Niagara Falls at the Horseshoe Falls. The line was built in 1966 for the Niagara Parks Commission by the Swiss company Von Roll. It adopted its ...
Mt. Washington Railway (1909–1919), Operated in the Highland Park/Mt. Washington neighborhood of L.A., ticket office and powerhouse still exist. Playa del Rey (1901–1909) Two cars ran in a counterbalance configuration from a Los Angeles Pacific Railway stop at the base of the Westchester cliffs to a hotel at the top of the bluff.
The Falls Incline Railway. There have been several different incline railways built at the Niagara Falls, on the border between Canada and the United States. These lines include: The Prospect Park Incline Railway was built in 1845 on the United States side of the falls at Prospect Point. An accident in 1907 claimed a single life and led to the ...
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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 .
The incline was rebuilt on a steel trestle with new steel cars, though the 1910 passenger shelters were still in use. In 1915 the steam engines were retired and a new electric motor of 180 hp (with a spare) was installed with four drums (so it could handled the working and safety cables better) located in a new building on the south side of ...