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Yeah, early precursors to railroads (cable railways used for mines) did just this :-D , and there were even passenger railways that used cable haulage as the fo

Yeah, early precursors to railroads (cable railways used for mines) did just this :-D , and there were even passenger railways that used cable haulage as the form of motive power! Here's a really cool example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_and_Blackwall_Railway#Cable_haulage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_and_Blackwall_Railway#C...

adrianmonk 4y ago
And there still are in San Francisco. And they can go around corners: http://www.cablecarmuseum.org/archive/Anat/Anat.html http://www.cablecarmuseum.org/archive/Anat/Anat.html