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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

A Fun-icular Ride

Ah, pardon the dreadful pun. It was the best I would come up with. A funicular, simply put, is a type of railway that climbs a steep hill with the aid of a counterweight.

And today, I got to ride this Victorian gem of one:





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