Nasa has an army of highly trained man. I am just one aging engineer, but then again, I did not build a funicular to the moon. Thanks for your thoughts and praise.

And it is great to hear you appreciate it. Thanks.

You are right, all the credit goes to Mr Abt. I just copied his idea, be it in a smaller scale. I try to make it look real, your comment says, I am getting close. Thank you for that.

Love your coment. I am very honoured, thank you. I trust you know about other videos on my channel: Trains and More

I surprised myself how complicated such a simple looking project is. Thanks for your appeciation.

Thanks. There are different ways to build a two car Funicular. The 4 -rail and the 3 -rail system are easier to design and build. But since I never avoid a challenge, I just had to pick the most involved, the 2 -rail system. The prototype was first created by a man called Abt.

Thanks for the compliment.

Thank you for your comment. I have not been on the one in Quebec City. But I did ride one in Salzburg, in Paris and in Santiago, missed the one in Bergen and seen many more. They have them all over the world. However they are very rare on Garden Railroads ???

How Abt !

Thanks for your appeciation. I do this for myself, but I also do it for people like you.

Sorry Peter, you did not see it in operation when you where here. The video will just have to do for now.

Thank you. Comments like yours make the sharing fun. Cheers

Es amable de tu parte decirlo. Gracias.

Por nada. Me gusta su trabajo.

y me gusta tu comentario

I thank you for realizing that some effort went into this latest bit of model building.

And your entire railway!

It is always nice to see someone appreciates it. Thanks again.

Thanks. A added a new feature. That was reason enough to make a new video.

Thanks

Really, the genius is with the real thing. I just copied it on a smaller scale. But Thanks anyways.

Thank you.

I do try. Thank you.

Thank you!

I looked up the Fenelon Co at Dubuque. They are using the simpler 3 rail system. There are basically three ways of getting the two cars past each other. A) The simple 4-rail sysyem. The two cars have their own tracks. B) The 3-rail System: Like the one you have in Dubuque. The two cars are sharing the center rail, except while passing. Simple standard flanged wheel are used. C) The 2-rail system which is the one I built. It uses two Abt-switches, which have no moving parts. The outer wheels look like pulleys and are guided by the continous outer rail. The inner wheels are flat and move over a number of gaps and the other car's cable without touching it. This last system is usually used when there is a long run invoved and/or the terrain does not allow room for 3 or 4 rails. Thanks for your comment.

@@Landsend-Railroad I appreciate the explanation and extra context! Thanks! I thought the 2-rail system was especially clever for a model, because it could use standard track for all but a few sections, and only needs a little over half of the amount of track needed by the four-rail system. Whereas the three-rail system would need custom track for the entire length.

The short center section was the tricky one to build. It took quite a bit of bending and cutting to get the wanted result. Beyond that you are quite right. The 2-rail system was the logical choice.

Recht schoenen Dank fuer die Glueckwuensche. Ich wusste nicht, dass Brawa eine Standseilbahn anbietet. In G Spur gibt es so etwas nicht. Da muss man selber etwas auf die Beine stellen. Gruesse aus Victoria BC Canada

@@Landsend-Railroad Die gab es mal in den 60ern oder 70ern. Grüße an den Mann und viel Gesundheit.

Thanks. You are the fist to comment.

I use a great variety. Alberta spruce, heather, cryptomeria, box wood, lavender, azeleas and others. I have many Western Red Cedars, they seed themselves from large trees surounding my layout. They make good small trees and can also be trimmed into bushes and hedges, but need constant attention and pruning.

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The instant turn-around had you puzzled? No perpetual motion here, just a clever edit. I did not want to show the static 15 second rest period programmed into the Arduino controller.