of the rail crown, were invented by the Swiss entrepreneurs Franz Josef Bucher and Josef Durrer and were implemented on the , opened in 1893. The Abt rack and pinion system was also used on some funiculars for speed control or emergency braking.

Water counterbalancing

Many early funiculars were built using water tanks under the floor of each car, which were filled or emptied until just sufficient imbalance was achieved to allow movement,

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