Passing Place on the Great Orme Tramway
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Passing Place on the Great Orme Tramway by David Stowell as part of the Geograph project.
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Passing Place on the Great Orme Tramway
Image: © David Stowell Taken: 11 Jul 2007
The "tram" is actually a funicular railway hauled by a cable concealed in the slots between the rails at this point. A funicular railway has two vehicles connected and counterbalance on a length of cable so that one descends as the other ascends so at the half way point they have to pass. In this case rather than have two separate tracks, or a single track with the complication of pointwork, the upper section is interleaved to save space.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.32877
Longitude
-3.842354