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Thread #10943   Message #80420
Posted By: Ferrara
21-May-99 - 07:48 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Funiculi Funicula
Subject: RE: I am looking for workds to Finiculi Funicula.
Still too lazy to look up those words, but here's what I was going to say about funiculars. What I was told in Naples was that the cogwheel actually helps propel the train up the mountain. There may or may not be two parallel tracks for the wheels (in Naples I believe there were), but under the train there is a notched single track which engages the cogs in the cogwheel. That's about all I know about it, except that the Neapolitans are very proud of their funicular railway.

Once I'm properly awake, I'll try to find my Italian songbooks and post some more words. - Rita Ferrara