Reisszug
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The Reisszug is a private cable railway providing goods access to the Hohensalzburg Castle at Salzburg in Austria. It is notable for its extreme age, as it is believed to date back to 1460. A wall for
The Hohensalzburg Castle, with the lower route of the Reiszug picked out by two parallel vertical walls, whilst the gateways on the upper route can just be seen
View of the route from below
The Reisszug car
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 type of cable transportation.
Reisszug
…The Reisszug (also spelt Reißzug or Reiszug) is a private cable railway providing goods access to the Hohensalzburg Castle at Salzburg in Austria. It is notable for its extreme age, as it is believed to date back to 1460…
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.
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