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	Funicular - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A funicular, also called funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or, in the United Kingdom, a cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which cables attached to a tram-like vehicle on rails move it up and down a very steep slope.
		Along level sections, the railroads essentially operated as standard towpath canals, with the barges typically drawn by horse or mule.
		Examples of hydropower inclined plane railroads in the United States included the Allegheny Portage Railroad, part of the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal, built in 1834 with ten planes as the first railroad across the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Funicular (1061 words)

	Allegheny Portage Railroad--Reading 2
		The levels and inclined planes of the railroad were an immediate improvement over the earlier wagon road through the mountains.
		As one of the earliest railroads in the country, the Allegheny Portage was the scene of experimentation with railroad building and operational techniques.
		The inclined planes of the portage were a serious safety hazard during the early days of the railroad.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/23allegheny/23facts2.htm (935 words)

	THE MORRIS CANAL AND ITS INCLINED PLANES. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The planes are in each case worked by a reaction waterwheel, and the levers for regulating the supply of water and for the control of the brakes are in a high tower, from which the man in charge can see the whole plane.
		The motion is rendered reversible by a clutch on the jack-shaft of the water-wheel.
		At Drakesville, for instance, the plane is 1,770 feet long from center of wheel pit to center of wheel pit; its total rise is 50 feet—grade 1 in 10; it requires 3,900 feet of cable to work it, and the total head on the wheel is 30 feet.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/abnjmc.Html (2428 words)

	The Railroad Builders by John Moody,1919 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The railroad is sprung from the application of two fundamental ideasóone the use of a mechanical means of developing speed, the other the use of a smooth running surface to diminish friction.
		Yet the enthusiasts for railroads could not be discouraged, and presently the whole population divided into two camps, the friends of the canal, and the friends of the iron highway.
		The condition that prevailed in many railroads is illustrated by the fact that the directors of the Michigan and Southern, when they held their annual meeting in 1853, had to borrow chairs from an adjoining office as the sheriff had walked away with their own for debt.
	cprr.org /Museum/Railroad_Builders/Railroad_Builders_01.html (3513 words)

	Rail transport - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		A railway (or railroad) track consists of two parallel rail tracks, usually of steel, generally mounted upon cross beams (termed "railroad ties" or "sleepers") of timber, concrete or steel.
		The first railroad in the United States may have been a gravity railroad in Lewiston, New York in 1764.
		The Leiper Railroad in Pennsylvania was the first permanent railroad, opened in 1810, and the Granite Railroad in 1826 may have been the first to evolve through continuous operations into a common carrier.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/r/a/i/Railroad.html (1933 words)

	Railroad Hobbyists (Excursion Railroads, Model and Historical Societies), Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Resource Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This inclined plane railroad operating between 1834-1854 was considered a technological wonder of its day and played a critical role in opening the interior of the United States to trade and settlement.
		A nonprofit organization whose goal is to preserve the heritage of railroading in Beaver County and the surrounding regions
		Founded in 1935 in Milwaukee, the National Model Railroad Association is the largest organization devoted to the development, promotion, and enjoyment of the hobby of model railroading.
	www.carnegielibrary.org /subject/transport/rail/railhobby.html (609 words)

	Motive Power of the Lehigh Valley Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The railroad project was embarked in for the purpose of gathering some of the natural riches of the Lehigh Valley, but the ambition of the promoters received scant sympathy and small financial support.
		There was a vague idea among them that the railroad would be used to convey coal and merchandise to the four rivers named in the charter for transport to the ocean, thence to the world of commerce.
		This inclined plane railroad was built for the transportation of coal to the river.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/lvhist.Html (3068 words)

	Johnstown Inclined Plane 1891 - Historic
		The Inclined Plane is composed of two sets of tracks implanted in the side of the hill on which two cars run simultaneously one from the bottom to the top and the other from the top to the bottom.
		Subsequently, the Inclined Plane was purchased by the Transit Authority for $1.00 in 1983.
		In 1984, the Johnstown Inclined Plane was completely rebuilt at a cost of $3.5 million by it's owner, the Cambria County Transit Authority.
	www.johnstownpa.com /History/hist17.html (1081 words)

	The History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The track was leased to the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1871 and extended further west in 1885 to a mine that was opened north of the hamlet of Lee.
		In February of 1869, the Pennsylvania Railroad acquired the Pittston Railroad and Coal Company, changed its name to the Susquehanna Coal Company, and set-up mining operations in the area that was to become the Borough of Glen Lyon.
		The inclined plane railroad replaced mules, which were first used to haul breaker waste to a culm bank on the side of Retreat Mountain near West Enterprise Street.
	home.earthlink.net /~a.doren/id12.html (9595 words)

	The Granite Railway and Its Associated Enterprises, Chapter Six (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A chapter on this particular section of the railroad, the inclined plane, is necessary because of the important role it played from 1830 until the Granite Railway ceased operations.
		The construction of the inclined plane was truly a remarkable accomplishment in view of the obstacles to be overcome, and considering the heavy loads of granite that were carried.
		They clearly show the condition of the "inclined plane" as it is today - not much like the picture shown in Figure 31 taken in 1920.
	ci.quincy.ma.us /tcpl/htm/legacy/chap6.htm (926 words)

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA) and the history of the railroads in the Delaware River Valley
		The first railroad to have passenger service from Philadelphia was the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad, which in 1832, started service between 9th and Green Streets in Philadelphia and Germantown.
		On the West Side of the Schuylkill, the Belmont Inclined Plane Railroad was built and eventually taken over and rerouted by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
		The profitable Pennsylvania Railroad, which had the leading service to the Midwest, tried to cash-in on the Anthracite industry by building a "Schuylkill" branch in 1884 that paralleled the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad into the coal regions.
	membrane.com /philanet/Philadelphia/railroads (1301 words)

	The South Carolina Railroad
		Also called the Charleston to Hamburg Railroad, the South Carolina Railroad, or the Sola, this project ordered and used the first locomotives built in America for actual service, was the first in America with regularly scheduled steam service, and when completed in 1833 was the longest railroad in the world.
		The new railroad's flat strap rails were carried on continuous timber sills, and Allen's design avoided labor intensive digging by carrying the line on a series of wooden piles.
		The Inclined Plane was located immediately southwest of the intersection of Park and Laurens streets and is clearly shown on early town plats.
	www.arete-designs.com /shultz/scrr (959 words)

	Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Museum telling the story of railroading in and around Altoona, a major activity center of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
		Twenty-five pieces of railroad rolling stock on display, Demonstrations of operating a Heisler Fireless locomotive are given periodically.
		Railroad Hall features 3 unique steam locomotives, as well as other displays.
	www.webunionstation.net /US/pa.html (309 words)

	Fact Sheets > Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Gallitzin, Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Engine House #6 Exhibit Shelter was built to preserve the remains of the original building at the head of Inclined Plane 6.
		The Lemon House was a tavern located adjacent to the railroad and was a common rest and dining stop for railroad passengers.
		Interpretive exhibits along the Portage Railroad historic trace and at the tunnel entrances tell the story of the tunnel and the Portage Railroad.
	www.fact-sheets.com /travel/national-parks/allegheny (381 words)

	Allegheny Portage Railroad--Visual 4
		Paintings 1 and 2 are two in a series by George Storm, who grew up near the railroad and watched it operate.
		Many years after the railroad had closed, Storm painted these pictures from his memories of the portage.
		Painting 2 is of Inclined Plane No. 8, the longest incline on the railroad.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/23allegheny/23visual4.htm (242 words)

	Railroading in Saint Clair
		For this reason, construction of an inclined plane and a tunnel began in 1832 to further open the vast coal reserves of the Shenandoah and Mahanoy valleys.
		The Girard Tunnel, the second railroad tunnel built in the country, traveled eastward and carried the tracks under Mine Hill, which was north of St. Clair, to the incline plane that sloped down at Wadesville.
		In 1884 the Mahanoy Plane was remodeled and by 1895 the Gordon Plane was abandoned, the cars were constantly increasing capacity and a greater volume of business all led to continuous 24 hour a day operation of the incline plane.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/mill/1215/moresc2.htm (1514 words)

	2002 LCCA Annual Convention - Westylvania Excursion - Lionel® Collectors Club, news, Lionel electric toy model ...
		In March 1831, the Pennsylvania legislature authorized a system in which canal boat passengers and goods would be moved to railroad cars and towed by stationary steam engines up a huge staircase of five inclined planes.
		The portage railroad was a daring stroke of engineering that worked remarkably well during a time when railroads were still experimental.
		The portage railroad was abandoned afer 23 years of service when the Pennsylvania Railroad bought the Main Line canal system in 1857.
	www.lionelcollectors.org /news/2002_Westylvania.html (1265 words)

	Switch Back Home Page
		The purpose of the grant awards is to study the feasibility of preserving and interpreting the remains of the Switchback Gravity Railroad on top of Mount Pisgah and developing a transport system for public access using the Pisgah Plane.
		Then the Switchback was converted to a tourist railroad that rivaled Niagara Falls as a place to visit and caught the hearts of those that rode it.
		The Switchback Gravity Railroad was the second railroad in the United States and the first railroad in Pennsylvania.
	www.switchbackgravityrr.org (578 words)

	RR Museum of PA - Rambles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania have scheduled a day trip to Washington, DC on Saturday, May 8 and an overnight trip to the Altoona/East Broad Top area on Saturday and Sunday, August 7 and 8, 2004.
		During the Friends of the Railroad Museum overnight summer ramble to the Altoona and East Broad Top area on Saturday and Sunday, August 7 and 8, you’ll travel to Rockhill Furnace for a narrated trolley ride and visit to the Rockhill Trolley Museum, Pennsylvania’s oldest operating trolley museum.
		This inclined plane railroad operated between 1834 and 1854 and was considered a technological wonder in its day.
	www.rrmuseumpa.org /membership/ramblesDCandAltoona04.htm (1096 words)

	Chapter Incidently <i>to</i> Incloister of I by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of the horizon; a sloping plane.
		An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.
		An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; — called also inclination compass, and dip circle.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1200/23011/6.html (204 words)

	Archbald PA - Pennsylvania Community & Photos by Personal Injury Lawyers Munley, Munley & Cartwright
		Loaded boats were towed by steamboats, but D and H innovatively used a 16 mile gravity and inclined plane railroad in the operation.
		By 1854, more than 1,400 boats, averaging 100-tons each, were operating on the D and H. The Erie Railroad began providing major competition in coal transportation in the 1860's and the D and H Canal stopped its operations in 1899.
		By 1890 the Delaware and Hudson Railroad was a major link in the network between Pennsylvania, New York, and Canada.
	www.munley.com /our_community_archbald.html (425 words)

	Wildernet - Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
		Staple Bend Tunnel, America's first railroad tunnel, is located outside of the main park area in a remote location.
		Other features within the park are a historic stone quarry, the Skew Arch Bridge, and stone sleepers (early railroad ties) and culverts along the railroad trace.
		A schedule of all ranger programs offered at Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS may be obtained at the visitor center.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=PANHAP&CU_ID=1 (968 words)

	CINCINNATI TRANSIT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Opened by Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railway in 1872, connecting with Mt. Auburn Street Railroad's Main Street horse car line.
		Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railway sold in 1898 to Cincinnati Street Railway, and incline closed down, with Main Street streetcars rerouted via Vine Street.
		Incline remained independently operated by Price Hill Inclined Plane Railroad Co. Horse car line constructed in 1884 from top of incline by Rees McDuffie, a Price Hill Inclined Plane Railroad Co. executive, and sold in 1885 to Cincinnati Street Railway.
	hometown.aol.com /chirailfan/cinincl.html (443 words)

	RR Museum of PA - RR History Timeline 1
		American railroad history has as its roots developments in England related to mining operations and the development of steam engines, late in the 18th century.
		The Elizabethtown and Somerville, the earliest ancestor road of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, is incorporated.
		The Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad opens as part of the "Main Line of Public Works"-a combined inclined plane, rail and canal route stretching 395 miles through the interior of Pennsylvania.
	www.rrmuseumpa.org /education/historytimeline1.htm (668 words)

	CPRR Discussion Group - Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When the Western Rail Road was chartered, the idea of steam locomotives climbing hills was so absurd that the promoters had to imply to the Massachusetts Legislature that they intended to build an "ordinary" railroad using animal power and stationary steam boilers for the inclined planes.
		The significance of this report as it applies to the railroad history of the world can not be exaggerated.
		Deciding which route was preferable was a most difficult task and the engineers presented 15 different options including an inclined plane.
	cprr.org /CPRR_Discussion_Group/2005/08/reports-of-engineers-of-western-rail.html (568 words)

	National Canal Museum - Education - Delaware and Hudson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Essential to the operation of the canal was a 16 mile gravity and inclined plane railroad which brought anthracite from the coal fields to the canal at Honesdale.
		By 1854 more than 1,400 boats were operating on the D and H. The decline of the Delaware and Hudson Canal commenced in 1858 when it began to lose traffic to the Erie Railroad.
		During the 1870s and 1880s the company increased its railroad activities until by 1890 the Delaware and Hudson Railroad was a major link in the network between Pennsylvania, New York, and Canada.
	www.canals.org /education/delawareandhudson.html (539 words)

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