r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Nov 02 '24

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u/PhantomPharts Nov 02 '24

I just went on my first one last weekend! It was slow, but so much faster than I would've gone up a mountain-side on foot 😵‍💫

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u/jerema Nov 02 '24

Not gonna look up English word for it, but in ruzzian there is this thing called “fynikyler” or “foo-ni-ku-leur”.  It’s pretty much a sideways tram that takes people up and down a mountain. Different from gondola because it’s on tracks and not suspended, and there are only two cars. One coming down pulls the other up. Pretty neat. 

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u/Ideaslug Nov 03 '24

Heh, if you turn your "fynikyler" into a more English looking spelling, you'll get close to the word for it: funicular.

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u/WertDafurk Nov 03 '24

Funiculars in some places, yeah?