inclined railway

noun

1. a cable railway used on particularly steep inclines unsuitable for normal adhesion locomotives

Example Sentences

In principle it consists of an inclined railway, having eight rails, four for the "up" and as many for the "down" traffic.

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I was next driven to the Inclined Railway, to descend which would enable me to see the Falls from below.

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There had been shots fired in the night, in a sally on the inclined railway, and one of them had scored his arm.

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This much of the apparatus was really not unlike that of an ordinary inclined railway.

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Just beyond this point, at the top of the inclined railway, is to be obtained the best view of the steel arch bridge.

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