Sunday, September 11, 2005
Cable car fixed link?
Left 4463 metre span
electric pallet tunnel below
The picture on the right is a span of 1.5km toveban
The picture on the left is a car carrying pallet cable set up.
I'm throwing this out in the light that As of yet in my investigation I haven't seen or found any reference to this type of proposal?
Now this picture and and all of the references I've found so far refer only to passenger use. I will continue to look for precededents where cable cars are used to transport vehicles. Even if it is only passenger vehichles.
Some of the problems with the present Cable cars that I see are they arent a continuous flow. They need to stop and load or off load.
This causes jerks or jolts in the smooth operation as well as is time consuming.
Just think of down hill ski lifts and their capacity and smooth operation as the best case scenario. Obviously on a larger scale.
Safety issues?
Loading issues. Maybe preloaded containers picked up and dropped of automatically?
Minimum and Maximum span distances. So far the longest I've found is 1.5 km.
Wind conditions? Can't see the winds being any worse than on the top of these mountains.
Much lower maintenance and construction costs than a bridge maybe even tunnels for that matter.
Weight restrictions?
Personally I would much rather be above ground than below ground. Also from reviewing the prefeasibilty study and the geological make up of the proposed site with all of its fractures makes me feel alittle uneasy when it comes to earth quakes etc.
A design specific Cable car would also be much cheaper I'm guessing. And alot more of a tourist attraction as well as creating a lot less wait times than a load on load off train set up.
Just imagine crossing over the Strait (jacket) of Belle Isle and looking down on ice bergs and whales in the strait. Not to mention the seals and wild life that would make the new tower islands their home.
Towers on the islands could be of the V design to cut down on the span from island to island.
Electric cables could be run above the Cable car towers.
Natural gas would be a whole other design problem.
Anyway I'll keep researching this option in hopes of finding a precedent.
Update
Oh and as for needing a longer shallower approach and exit for a train just use cog wheels like they use in Switzerland and Austria for the trains in the mountains.
Left 4463 metre span
electric pallet tunnel below
The picture on the right is a span of 1.5km toveban
The picture on the left is a car carrying pallet cable set up.
I'm throwing this out in the light that As of yet in my investigation I haven't seen or found any reference to this type of proposal?
Now this picture and and all of the references I've found so far refer only to passenger use. I will continue to look for precededents where cable cars are used to transport vehicles. Even if it is only passenger vehichles.
Some of the problems with the present Cable cars that I see are they arent a continuous flow. They need to stop and load or off load.
This causes jerks or jolts in the smooth operation as well as is time consuming.
Just think of down hill ski lifts and their capacity and smooth operation as the best case scenario. Obviously on a larger scale.
Safety issues?
Loading issues. Maybe preloaded containers picked up and dropped of automatically?
Minimum and Maximum span distances. So far the longest I've found is 1.5 km.
Wind conditions? Can't see the winds being any worse than on the top of these mountains.
Much lower maintenance and construction costs than a bridge maybe even tunnels for that matter.
Weight restrictions?
Personally I would much rather be above ground than below ground. Also from reviewing the prefeasibilty study and the geological make up of the proposed site with all of its fractures makes me feel alittle uneasy when it comes to earth quakes etc.
A design specific Cable car would also be much cheaper I'm guessing. And alot more of a tourist attraction as well as creating a lot less wait times than a load on load off train set up.
Just imagine crossing over the Strait (jacket) of Belle Isle and looking down on ice bergs and whales in the strait. Not to mention the seals and wild life that would make the new tower islands their home.
Towers on the islands could be of the V design to cut down on the span from island to island.
Electric cables could be run above the Cable car towers.
Natural gas would be a whole other design problem.
Anyway I'll keep researching this option in hopes of finding a precedent.
Update
Oh and as for needing a longer shallower approach and exit for a train just use cog wheels like they use in Switzerland and Austria for the trains in the mountains.
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