On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 03:24:48PM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: > > On Oct 12, 2009, at 15:16 , Joseph McAllister wrote: > >> A Tram is a usually a large gondola car hanging from and moved by >> wires to which it is fastened either permanently or by grippers to >> transport users over any ground level obstacles. It can also be a >> railcar that is fashioned to climb a very steep mountain or hill, some >> powered by their own motive power and a counterweight, some by cable >> drive powered at the top or bottom of the run. > > Sorry, forgot to add that a Tram used to climb steep hills is also known > as a "Funicular Railway".
The UK, of course, has different definitions. See, for example <http://www.blackpooltrams.info/> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
