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Bowes Railway
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The Bowes Railway, built by George Stephenson in 1826, is the world's only operational preserved standard gauge cable railway system. It was built to transport coal from pits in Durham to boats on the River Tyne. The site is a scheduled monument. The railway is open every week on Thursday, Friday and Saturday as well as on a number of event days throughout the year.
The Bowes Railway at Springwell Village, City of Sunderland
The Bowes Railway at Springwell Village, City of Sunderland
Cable railway
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A cable railway is a railway that uses a cable, rope or chain to haul trains. It is a specific type of cable transportation.
Trwnc incline at the Vivian Quarry showing two permanently attached platform wagons. Slate trucks were pushed onto the horizontal tops of these wagons
Trwnc incline at the Vivian Quarry showing two permanently attached platform wagons. Slate trucks were pushed onto the horizontal tops of these wagons to travel on the incline.
Reisszug, as it appeared in 2011
Reisszug, as it appeared in 2011
A train being hauled up Cowlairs Incline, Glasgow
A train being hauled up Cowlairs Incline, Glasgow
The remains of the winding house at the head of the Rhiwbach Tramway No. 2 incline, 2007
The remains of the winding house at the head of the Rhiwbach Tramway No. 2 incline, 2007