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 to travel on the incline.
Reisszug, as it appeared in 2011
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
Cable transport is a broad class of transport modes that have cables. They transport passengers and goods, often in vehicles called cable cars. The cable may be driven or passive, and items may be moved by pulling, sliding, sailing, or by drives within the object being moved on cableways. The use of pulleys and balancing of loads moving up and down are common elements of cable transport. They are often used in mountainous areas where cable haulage can overcome large differences in elevation.
Cable car at Zell am See in the Austrian Alps
The Portland Aerial Tram
An aerial tramway used in mining, at the Shenandoah-Dives Mill in Silverton, Colorado
A gravity incline in use in 1955 at Llechwedd quarry in Wales. Empty wagons are arriving at the top of the incline – the winding drum is in the shed in the background
