- National Railway Museum Inclinator
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Coordinates: 53°57′36″N 1°05′46″W / 53.960°N 1.096°W
The inclinator between floors
The National Railway Museum Inclinator was a short demonstration funicular railway located inside the National Railway Museum in the English city of York.
The principal purpose of the Museum Inclinator was to provide step-free access from the main hall of the museum to the workshop gallery, from which the public can look down onto the museum's workshop and its in-progress restoration work. Besides this primary function, the inclinator also served to demonstrate the workings of a funicular railway. To that end the inclinator operated within the main hall and its workings are exposed in the style of a larger open air funicular railway, rather than being concealed in the fabric of the building as is more normal for intra-mural inclined lifts.[1] Unfortunately, due to lack of spare parts, it is no longer working, and there are no plans to repair it.
See also
References
- ^ "Press Release - Green Railways". National Railway Museum. 2006-05-23. http://www.nrm.org.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/2006/greenrailways.asp. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
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