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[seilbahnbilder.ch]

Does anybody have pictures of the Helvetic Tram, which was build by Bell in North America?

[skierdude9450]

I don't know of any Helvetic Tram. Where was it located?

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

skierdude9450, on Sep 13 2008, 07:14 AM, said:

I don't know of any Helvetic Tram. Where was it located?

I don't know, too! I'm living in Kriens, Switzerland. The factory of Bell was here an now there is a exposition in the local museum about Bell, where are showed some pictures of a "HELVETIC TRAM" in America.

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[mikest2]

I think Sandia Peak is a Bell

[SuperRat]

The original Banff Sulpher Mountain Gondola in Alberta was a Bell. There is a small amount of info and a picture at www.chairlift.org

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

SuperRat, on Sep 13 2008, 06:58 PM, said:

The original Banff Sulpher Mountain Gondola in Alberta was a Bell. There is a small amount of info and a picture at www.chairlift.org

Yes, but that's a 2S gondola! On the pictures you can see a tram!


@ mikest2: Do you have pictures of the Sandia Peak tram?

[skier2]

seilbahnbilder.ch, on Sep 13 2008, 11:22 AM, said:

Do you have pictures of the Sandia Peak tram?

http://www.chairlift.org/sandia.html

[skierdude9450]

It doesn't appear to be the Sandia Peak Tram.

There's a lot more photos here: http://www.colorados...sandiatram.html

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

I don't think that the "Helvetic Tram" ist the Sandia Peak tram. The cabins are other ones...!

[RibStaThiok]

That Riblet double looks SWEET!!

[Lift Dinosaur]

seilbahnbilder.ch, on Sep 13 2008, 08:18 PM, said:

I don't think that the "Helvetic Tram" ist the Sandia Peak tram. The cabins are other ones...!

I believe the cabins have been replaced since the original installation.
Do your records have the year(s) of installation or anything other for location than "America"? It's a big country, ya know.

Dino

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

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I believe the cabins have been replaced since the original installation.

Yes, but at chairlift.org you can see some photos of the old cabins! And they are not the same ones!

[Lift Dinosaur]

seilbahnbilder.ch, on Sep 14 2008, 12:59 PM, said:

Yes, but at chairlift.org you can see some photos of the old cabins! And they are not the same ones!

OK

Do your records have the year(s) of installation or anything other for location than "America"? It's a big country, ya know.


Dino

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

^^ Sorry, they havn't. But I would go agian to the museum this week!

[vons]

That is defiantly not Sandia peak I live 50 mi away and nowhere in NM looks that forested. I believe it is the original Stone Mountain tram in Georgia, In one of the display pictures you can see the confederate figures being carved from the mountain side. The tramway has since been replaced by a von roll in 1995.

[Snoqualmie guy]

Are you talking about the same Bell as the one who made airplanes and helicopters? Or a different one?

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

vons, on Sep 15 2008, 09:53 PM, said:

That is defiantly not Sandia peak I live 50 mi away and nowhere in NM looks that forested. I believe it is the original Stone Mountain tram in Georgia, In one of the display pictures you can see the confederate figures being carved from the mountain side. The tramway has since been replaced by a von roll in 1995.

Yea, thanks, thats the solution!

On my picture there is a small picture where you can see the construction of this monument:

http://upload.wikime...ns/7/78/Sm3.JPG


Thanks!

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

Snoqualmie guy, on Sep 16 2008, 12:53 AM, said:

Are you talking about the same Bell as the one who made airplanes and helicopters? Or a different one?

No! Bell was a steelwork company from Kriens (Switzerland, next to Lucerne) - The Bell Aircraft Corporation was from the USA.

This post has been edited by seilbahnbilder.ch: 16 September 2008 - 05:53 PM

[Lift Dinosaur]

Nice job, Vons. You have better eyes (or a better computer) than I have. I still can't see that carving!

Dino

[mikest2]

Lift Dinosaur, on Sep 15 2008, 08:12 PM, said:

Nice job, Vons. You have better eyes (or a better computer) than I have. I still can't see that carving!

Dino

Don't feel bad, I had a hard time seeing the rock face !