| a short, very steep railway having two parallel sets of tracks, upon each of which runs a car or train raised or lowered by means of a cable that simultaneously lowers or raises the other car or train in such a way that the two are approximately counterbalanced. |
| funicular railway | |
noun | |
| a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars [syn: cable railway] |