• Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      9 days ago

      Yeah, they’re a regular boring cat-shaped urban inclined railway. Side view here makes it pretty clear:

      source

        • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          9 days ago

          What’s in the image is (catenary) cable but funiculars use a counterbalanced mechanical cable system

          edit: oh, do you mean the cable laid in the tracks? That’s the cable hoist - but the cars aren’t counterbalanced so it’s not a funicular, it’s just a cable-car. A meaninglessly pedantic distinction in the real world *but in this house we commit to the bit nope I was hoisted by my own pedanticard on this one, it’s a true funicular just in an arrangement I’ve never seen before.

          • holomorphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            9 days ago

            Your source (~4:12) definitely looks like a regular counterbalanced funi. Also, we’re not talking about the overhead cable here, right? Because I mean the other one. The one where you can even see wheel-thingy turn as the cable moves. (No idea what English name for that is)

            • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
              4·
              9 days ago

              Yeah that’s the cable I was talking about, I didn’t think it was visible in the image but realized you can see it on the second track.

              You’re right, though! This is a true funicular (a few people are saying it can drive single cars but operates primarily in couterbalance which I would kill to get to poke around the mechanical room to see how that works)

            • holomorphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
              4·
              9 days ago

              Your source (~4:12) definitely looks like a regular counterbalanced funi. Also, we’re not talking about the overhead cable here, right? Because I mean the other one. The one where you can even see wheel-thingy turn as the cavle moves. (No idea what English name for that is)

              Edit:

              A meaninglessly pedantic distinction in the real world *but in this house we commit to the bit

              And that’s exactly how it should be 😄

    • psycotica0@lemmy.caEnglish
      101·
      9 days ago

      Yeah, I think this person thinks the word “funicular” is just an old word for train or trolley. Imagine being them… so sad…

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
    5·
    9 days ago

    My first thought: this must be in Japan. Am I prejudiced?

    edit: I dare Warl0k3 to post another screenshot of my downvote 🖕 (see their posting history for context)

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      9 days ago

      You might just be good at identifying artistic styles - It is in japan. I think it’s only prejudiced if you think it’s somehow a negative thing for it to be japanese?