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could not be used, so a similar function was fulfilled by a large number of curved movable pieces of track which, when rotated one way, would connect the main and one other track. When turned end-for-end, the curve went in the opposite direction, and so connected the main and a different track. The
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on their backs. This inspired him to design a new type of railway. Instead of the conventional two parallel rails on the ground, it had a single rail sitting above the sand and held at waist height on A-shaped trestles. The carriages sat astride the trestles like panniers.
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Pyrenees. This was also electrically powered, with the electricity for ascending trains being generated by the trains descending.
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had to be provided, which required an attendant to operate it. Where farmers' tracks crossed the line there were level crossings based on the principle of a
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in 1884, demonstration lines were showcased. These were electrically powered using either the running rail or side rails for conduction to the locomotive.
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