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[vonrollskyway1]

looking for a vr 101 grip.using as a museum piece/components for the gondola i bought.thanks robert

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

One of the last VR101 in Switzerland (there is an other one at the Weissenstein) will be replaced in a few days!





But I think there is a problem about the distance...



Pictures of the last two existing VR101 in Switzerland:

http://www.seilbahnb...ndex.php?cat=59

http://www.seilbahnb...dex.php?cat=160

[vonrollskyway1]

its hard to believe that the place where the detachable grip was invented by vonroll in 1945,they cant even save one of these priceless pieces of lift history.why cant they save them?why does switzerland want these lifts gone??i would love to get one of the vonroll type 101 grips.

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

In Switzerland, gravity grips are forbidden. It's only possible to actuate this chairlifts with a special permit - but there are very strict regulations. So it's very expensive to actuate a VR101...

[vonrollskyway1]

not even as a museum course??why did they ban gravity grips??

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

The gravity grips (VR101 and Giovanola) can't pass the "rope catcher" when the rope is fallen out of the rope rolls.

[vonrollskyway1]

thats the downfall about the box grip design of a vr 101.now as a museum course ,i hope they can try and save at least one.is that group still in existance that is trying to save at least one.is it pro sessel??what is the status on that??

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

vonrollskyway1, on Sep 11 2008, 01:50 AM, said:

thats the downfall about the box grip design of a vr 101.now as a museum course ,i hope they can try and save at least one.is that group still in existance that is trying to save at least one.is it pro sessel??what is the status on that??

Yes, there is the group "PRO SESSELI" (for chairlift in swiss german) that wants to save the last VR101 in Switzerland (the other one in Kandersteg had his last day last sunday ). The saving of the chairlift at the Weissenstein isn't a question of money (the swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss is paying a mayor sum), but the operating company wants to build a new gondola - or nothing.

For me the VR101 at Kandersteg was much more impressionant than the one at the Weissenstein (because it isn't in the alps), but better the one at the Weissenstein than none.

Some pictures of the VR101 at the Weissenstein:
















http://www.seilbahnbilder.ch/galerie/thumb...s.php?album=190

http://www.seilbahnweissenstein.ch

http://www.prosesseli.ch

[gripman]

there is one on the Check/Poland border from 1948 or 1949 still running Mt Krakanoska Check Republic

[vonrollskyway1]

isnt there another vr 101 in switzerland??i live out here in san diego california,we have 2 operational vr 101s.up the coast near san fransisco,there is another.we charish our vr 101s.i know your great sites very well.as for the vr 101 in the chec republic,do u have any pics of it?? first picture is seaworld san diego. 2nd is the san diego zoo..

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[seilbahnbilder.ch]

There is no other VR101 in Switzerland! One was in Braunwald (Glarus), but it was replaced by a combined gondola/chairlift last Jahr:

http://www.seilbahn-...e.ch/gumen.html

In North America, there are a lot of 4-places-gondolas? In Switzerland there was only one VR101 gondola in Saas Fee, but this one had only cabins for 2 persons...

[vonrollskyway1]

seilbahnbilder.ch, on Sep 12 2008, 12:32 PM, said:

There is no other VR101 in Switzerland! One was in Braunwald (Glarus), but it was replaced by a combined gondola/chairlift last Jahr:

http://www.seilbahn-...e.ch/gumen.html

In North America, there are a lot of 4-places-gondolas? In Switzerland there was only one VR101 gondola in Saas Fee, but this one had only cabins for 2 persons...

there is about 11 left here in the usa.the oldest is at cedar point in sandusky ohio.built in 1961 as a 2 passenger,then updated to a 4.here is some pics of it for you

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[vonrollskyway1]

how about the jennerbahn??a 2 passenger vr 101?where is it located??

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[seilbahnbilder.ch]

The Jennerbahn is a 2 passenger VR101 but this installation is located in southern Germany.

Thank you very much for the pictures of the Cedar Point gondola!

[vonrollskyway1]

seilbahnbilder.ch, on Sep 13 2008, 08:25 AM, said:

The Jennerbahn is a 2 passenger VR101 but this installation is located in southern Germany.

Thank you very much for the pictures of the Cedar Point gondola!

no problem.love the old vr 101s.a very rugged lift.any other vr 101s here in the states your interested in??i have tons of vonroll pictures...here are some of the disneyland skyway.it was taken down on nov 9 1994.loved that ride...

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[seilbahnbilder.ch]

Is there still a VR101 with chairs?

[skierdude9450]

If so, it would be in your country. There were never any of the VR101 side-chairs built in the USA.

[vonrollskyway1]

in the usa alone,there were only 2 vr101s located at ski resorts.gore and sugar bowl.both are long gone.now the only vr 101s are at amusement parks and zoos.

[spunkyskier01]

vonrollskyway1, on Sep 14 2008, 07:59 PM, said:

in the usa alone,there were only 2 vr101s located at ski resorts.gore and sugar bowl.both are long gone.now the only vr 101s are at amusement parks and zoos.

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

Wasn't an other one at Lake Louise?

And I think that I've seen a picture of a side chair VR101 anywhere in this forum, that was located in America?