cable railroad

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• cable railroad — cable railway, railway that runs on cables and that is suspended upon the cables …   English contemporary dictionary

• cable railroad — …   Useful english dictionary

• California Street Cable Railroad — The California Street Cable Railroad (Cal Cable) was a long serving cable car operator in San Francisco, founded by Leland Stanford. The company s first line opened on California Street in 1878 and is still in operation, being the oldest cable… …   Wikipedia

• Cable Cars de San Francisco — 37° 47′ 44″ N 122° 24′ 27″ W / 37.79555556, 122.4075 …   Wikipédia en Français

• Cable railway — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Railroad — Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cable railway — noun count a railroad fixed to a cable by which it is pulled up a mountain …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Cable car (railway) — A cable car or cable railway is a mass transit system using rail cars that are propelled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required. Cable cars are… …   Wikipedia

• railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …   Universalium

• cable railway — noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars • Syn: ↑funicular, ↑funicular railway • Derivationally related forms: ↑funicular (for: ↑funicular) • …   Useful english dictionary

• Cable-stayed bridge — BridgeTypePix image title=The Rio Antirio bridge in Greece type name=Cable stayed bridge sibling names=None descendent names=Side spar cable stayed bridge, Self anchored suspension bridge, cantilever spar cable stayed bridge ancestor… …   Wikipedia