http://gcaptain.disqus.com/A blog about ships!enSun, 06 Jan 2008 19:46:54 -0000http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-1345226Thanks Jim... the only thing clear to me is I need to recruit an engineer to start contributing to this blog.JohnSun, 06 Jan 2008 19:46:54 -0000http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-1345225Appears to be a hydraulic drive as I see it. Power is from electric driven hydraulic pump.Jim BrownSun, 06 Jan 2008 13:49:28 -0000http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-1345228Tim,<br><br>Goog stuff but did you have to send me to the dictionary ;)<br><br>funicular:<br># relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway"<br># cable railway: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars<br>wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwnJohnSat, 05 Jan 2008 21:23:52 -0000http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-1345229No matter what it is ... the word "bizarre" comes to mind pretty quickly.RichardSat, 05 Jan 2008 18:32:28 -0000http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/interesting-ship-of-the-week/#comment-1345227That's pretty neat, John, but THAT'S NO SHIP! It's a geared funicular railway! <br><br>Anyway, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. :-)Tim FlanaganFri, 04 Jan 2008 11:54:52 -0000