Coal from deep valleys needed to be brought up some steep mountain sides to reach the main railway line for onward transportation. Now a popular tourist destination in a fabulous scenic area.
One of the best walks you can do is to go down either the Giant Stairway (near the Three Sisters) or the Golden Staircase (off Narrow Neck Trail) into the Jamieson Valley and walk to the bottom station of the Scenic Railway. Saves you the hassle of climbing back up, but you will still have to walk up top, too.
Did the trip for the first time in 30 years just last year. The old train was an open car with wire mesh to prevent people putting their arms out, much more exciting but you got wet if it was raining.
The ride used to be a LOT better. When they replaced the train carriages with what's shown here, it went from being an exciting ride to something more like a boring elevator ride.
@@tracksideshorts2361 It is on the Wiki page's List of Funicular Railways as Edmonton Incline Railway but of course it was short lived though a tourist funicular to commemorate it now exists... I don't think it's record breaking, I only said near vertical to describe what a funicular in general are for those who don't know what they are.
