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What is the steepest gondola in North America?

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The Madison Incline is the steepest line-haul, standard gauge railroad track in North America. Opened in 1841, the incline has been in existence for nearly 180 years. At 5.89%, this incredible feat of engineering proved to be a challenge for its operators and was last used in 1992.

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The Pilatus Railway (German: Pilatusbahn, PB) is a mountain railway in Switzerland and the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%.

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ABOUT THE PEAK 2 PEAK GONDOLA The world's longest unsupported span for a lift of this kind, at 3.024 kilometres (1.88 miles). Holds the Guinness World Record. World's highest lift of its kind at 436 metres (1,427 feet) above the valley floor.

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Human error caused a gondola to fall to the ground at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., on Dec. 10, according to a report by engineers hired by the ski hill.

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