On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 12:22:22
on Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Tom Anderson remarked:

Cablecars tend to go *up* things. Are there any that are built in the
complete absence of a steep slope? By 'complete absence', i mean
without a slope anywhere along; Barcelona's, for example, is on the
level between the foot of Montjuic and the port, but it's there because
there's a big slope from the foot of Montjuic to the top of Montjuic.

The cable-car at Alton Towers goes across a valley, rather than "up a hill".

Okay, good one. There, i think we have an auxiliary reason for cable-cars,
which is that they're cool, and at a theme park, that's a good enough
reason. Alton Towers also has a number of light rail systems, and despite
the fact that they are all closed cloops with only one station, they have
a quite remarkable variety of grades and curves. And some really rather
unorthodox approaches to seating!

tom

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