Being an avid train enthusiast, I asked Doppelmayr to send me some information on their systems. Not only did they send me gobs of fascinating literature, they even sent me a video. Now that's class.
Here are a few
images from their literature. I hope you enjoy them.
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Bourg-St.
Maurice-Les Arc
A 2.9 km railway built in 1988 |
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Carmelit
Subway, Haifa
A 6 station 1.78 km subway in Israel |
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The 1.6 km Peak Tramway in Hong Kong |
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The Gipfelbahn in Kaprun Austria runs from the slopes to a Panoramic restaurant on the top of the glacier. Nearby is the underground funicular, the Gletscherkaprun. * Closed, see notes |
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St.
Jean-St. Just
A .79 km funicular subway in Lyon, France |
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Wellington
Cable Car
The .6 km cable car in New Zealand was built in 1979 |
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The Metro Shuttle at the Circus-Circus Casino in Las Vegas, city of casinos and APMs |
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The Primadonna APM at Whiskey Pete's, Las Vegas Nevada |
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The Cable Liner on it's test track at Doppalmayr's headquarters in Wolfurt, Austria |
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A drawing of the new Clarion Hotel monorail/APM |
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A Cable Liner at a switching station at Doppelmayr's headquarters |
* On November 11, 2000 a fire
broke out in the Kaprun Gletscher funicular, destroying the railway and killing
155 people. There are no plans to rebuild it.