This week's image (Elevador da Bica.jpg) was deleted on November 27, 2006
Lisbon's "elevador" (funicular) of Bica descending the hill and entering the arrival tunnel
A funicular, also called an inclined railway, inclined plane, or, in the United Kingdom, a cliff railway, is a system of transport in which cables attached to a tram-like vehicle on rails move it up and down a very steep slope. The word "funicular" derives from the Latin funiculus (thin rope), a diminutive of funis (rope).
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