Saltburn Cliff Lift - July 2017

A short account of my visit to Saltburn Cliff Lift on Sunday 23 July 2017. The oldest operating water-balanced cliff railway in the world. Although not strictly a narrow gauge railway, it gains a place in my quest (to visit all the narrow gauge railways of 12" gauge + in the UK and Ireland) for its antiquity and its character. For more information see ngruk.blogspot.co.uk - Music "Pepper's Theme" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com ). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

[@martinsoublette95]

In Valparaíso Chile, there are many of these funiculars, in fact, there are one of the icons of the city

[@colinming4131]

Thanks for sharing the information Rik. I agree with your reasons to include these very interesting railways. As I recall there is a similar railway on the south coast,- Ramsgate or Margate, that I went on back in the 50s; don't know if it's still operating.

[@iainmaclean229]

Whags

[@colinming4131]

iain maclean Whags???

[@TC-uq1rc]

One of my favourite memories as a lad from 1950’s holidays so it’s good to get the technical explanation of how it operates. Thanks.