This line, highest of its kind, is in two stages, reaching altitude of 2660 m.; four lines of cable are used in double sets and each car carries 17 passengers; from Gare des Pelerins, near Chamonix, at altitude of 105 m., it climbs in two stages to Gare du Glacier; 2260 m. high, a distance of 3380 m.; carries cables composed of 259 strands of 3-mm. wire of single pieces; pylons are of similar design throughout but stronger on second section, which has 19 in all; maximum gradient is 120 per cent.
The Chamonix aerial mountain railway
Ry Gaz.
Railway Gazette and Railway News ; 48 , n 26
1928
2 pages
5 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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