Comments on: Funicular Railway – Interesting Ship Of The Week http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919#comment-6198 John Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:46:54 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-6198 Thanks Jim... the only thing clear to me is I need to recruit an engineer to start contributing to this blog. Thanks Jim… the only thing clear to me is I need to recruit an engineer to start contributing to this blog.

]]> By: John http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919#comment-12899 John Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:46:54 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-12899 Thanks Jim... the only thing clear to me is I need to recruit an engineer to start contributing to this blog. Thanks Jim… the only thing clear to me is I need to recruit an engineer to start contributing to this blog.

]]> By: Jim Brown http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919#comment-6193 Jim Brown Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:49:28 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-6193 Appears to be a hydraulic drive as I see it. Power is from electric driven hydraulic pump. Appears to be a hydraulic drive as I see it. Power is from electric driven hydraulic pump.

]]> By: Jim Brown http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919#comment-12898 Jim Brown Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:49:28 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-12898 Appears to be a hydraulic drive as I see it. Power is from electric driven hydraulic pump. Appears to be a hydraulic drive as I see it. Power is from electric driven hydraulic pump.

]]> By: gCaptain posts about a massive ship carrying rack railway « Capdiamont’s Weblog http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919#comment-6167 gCaptain posts about a massive ship carrying rack railway « Capdiamont’s Weblog Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:24:51 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-6167 [...] gCaptain, rack railway, russia, ship I can’t find the original source he used, but it is a massive electrically powered rack railway that hauls  ships,  up and over a dam in Russia. At the top it has a turntable  so the locomotive  can be turned to keep it’s load straight, [...] [...] gCaptain, rack railway, russia, ship I can’t find the original source he used, but it is a massive electrically powered rack railway that hauls  ships,  up and over a dam in Russia. At the top it has a turntable  so the locomotive  can be turned to keep it’s load straight, [...]

]]> By: John http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919#comment-6154 John Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:23:52 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-6154 Tim, Goog stuff but did you have to send me to the dictionary ;) funicular: # relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway" # cable railway: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Tim,

Goog stuff but did you have to send me to the dictionary ;)

funicular:
# relating to or operated by a cable; “funicular railway”
# cable railway: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

]]> By: Richard http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919#comment-6151 Richard Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:32:28 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-6151 No matter what it is ... the word "bizarre" comes to mind pretty quickly. No matter what it is … the word “bizarre” comes to mind pretty quickly.

]]> By: John http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919#comment-12897 John Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:23:52 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-12897 Tim,<br><br>Goog stuff but did you have to send me to the dictionary ;)<br><br>funicular:<br># relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway"<br># cable railway: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars<br>wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Tim,

Goog stuff but did you have to send me to the dictionary ;)

funicular:
# relating to or operated by a cable; “funicular railway”
# cable railway: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

]]> By: Richard http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919#comment-12896 Richard Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:32:28 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-12896 No matter what it is ... the word "bizarre" comes to mind pretty quickly. No matter what it is … the word “bizarre” comes to mind pretty quickly.

]]> By: John's World http://gcaptain.com/geared-funicular-railway/?919#comment-6145 John's World Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:16:21 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-6145 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] boat elevator...A reader linked me to this boat-carrying escalator.[Thanks, [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] boat elevator…A reader linked me to this boat-carrying escalator.[Thanks, [...]

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