A family in the U.K. has one of the country’s smallest funicular railways – a type of cable railway system on an incline – at their home. Ali Atkinson, 41, and her husband Owen, 42, bought the house ...

Angels Flight, a Los Angeles landmark and tourist destination, is back in business after a horrible accident forced the halting of service back in 2001. It’s still quaint, but under the classic design ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People gather near the site of the accident after the Gloria funicular railway car derailed and crashed in Lisbon. (Pedro ...

Rescuers and firefighters operate at the scene after the Glória funicular cable railway derailed in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday. Photo by Miguel A. Lopes/EPA Sept. 3 (UPI) --A tram on one of Lisbon ...

The Swiss president, who has a fear of heights, took the trip surprisingly well, and on reaching her destination, said, “What we do in politics is trivial in comparison to this work,” adding the ride ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some 15 people have died after the Gloria funicular railway car in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed and crashed on Wednesday local time.

Funicular railways have a long history in Los Angeles, and traversed far more than Bunker Hill downtown, where Angels Flight still operates. There was also Court Flight downtown, as well as a Mt.

Angels Flight, a Los Angeles landmark and tourist destination, is back in business after a horrible accident forced the halting of service back in 2001. It’s still quaint, but under the classic design ...

It looks like a string of giant hamster wheels, but the world’s steepest funicular railway is being hailed for its revolutionary design. The cabins on the 52 million-Swiss franc ($52.6 million) ...