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funicular 1. a railway up the side of a mountain, consisting of two counterbalanced cars at either end of a cable passing round a driving wheel at the summit 2. relating to or operated by a rope, cable, etc. www.funimag.com/Funimag-funi03.html funicular [fə′nik·yə·lər] (engineering) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Inspectors also examined the antique train's braking system and said the counterbalanced cars, which move in tandem up and down Bunker Hill, may not have had a backup emergency track brake, standardized equipment on modern funiculars that could have halted the fatal slide. |
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