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I'm trying to design (let alone build) a cliff railway - something like:
Southend Cliff Lift - Built 1912, 4ft 6ins gauge with 1ft 9ins gauge counterbalance track under, 130ft track length, 57ft rise.
One in Ketchikan, Alaska. I saw it, but didn't use it and know nothing about it.
Bergen Floibanen, Norway - Built 1918, metre gauge, 844 metres track length, 302 metres rise.
Might well go for the British style of either two parallel tracks or single track with counterbalance track below (as per Southend) or single track with counterbalance in vertical shaft as per Margate:
This one was unusual in being side-mounted, it was 5ft gauge, 69 feet track length, 50 feet rise and operated from 1913 to 1972 - the trackbed and shaft are still there with some of the winding gear.
I am rapidly losing interest in 'My Physiotherapy Project' (Any buyers?), it seems to have served its purpose.
Dave


Southend Cliff Lift - Built 1912, 4ft 6ins gauge with 1ft 9ins gauge counterbalance track under, 130ft track length, 57ft rise.

One in Ketchikan, Alaska. I saw it, but didn't use it and know nothing about it.



Bergen Floibanen, Norway - Built 1918, metre gauge, 844 metres track length, 302 metres rise.
Might well go for the British style of either two parallel tracks or single track with counterbalance track below (as per Southend) or single track with counterbalance in vertical shaft as per Margate:

This one was unusual in being side-mounted, it was 5ft gauge, 69 feet track length, 50 feet rise and operated from 1913 to 1972 - the trackbed and shaft are still there with some of the winding gear.
I am rapidly losing interest in 'My Physiotherapy Project' (Any buyers?), it seems to have served its purpose.
Dave