When construction began on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in 1962, some helicopter pilots thought it would be "thrilling" to be flying 8,516 above sea level to where the mountain station would be ...

The Sandia Peak Tramway is often called an engineering marvel, spanning 2.7 miles.The concept to the tram was developed in the early 1960s by Robert Nordhaus and Ben Abruzzo, who were the two original ...

Daniel Burnham, the architect of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, knew how to think big. For that fair, he conjured up from his imagination an entire city, complete with roadways, lakes, bridges, parks ...

Fifty years ago dolphins, seals, chimpanzees and birds performed for adoring crowds at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Animal Park — 10-acres of rugged terrain situated behind the tram’s Valley ...

El Paso Times reporter Adam Powell reported this week that the Wyler Aerial Tramway project is moving into Phase 1 of the reconstruction process. Most recently, Texas Parks and Wildlife closed the ...

PALM SPRINGS (CBSLA) — The world's largest rotating tram car is back open in Palm Springs for the first time since the pandemic shut it down. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, which has been operating ...

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, famed for carrying guests in a steel-and-glass bubble from a desert canyon to a mountaintop, will reopen Friday morning after a long COVID-19 closure. It will be ...

Adam Trimingham, in his interesting piece about Swiss Gardens, in Shoreham (The Argus, May 28), wrote: "There was also, at one time, a steam tram which ran from Shoreham to Hove". The Brighton and ...

Budapest, Hungary’s capital city, has a unique tram history. Not only does the city use five different kinds of streetcars, including the longest trolley in the world, but the trams in Budapest ...

"Oh look, it's the little tramway. I haven't been on it since I was a child. Let's go on it!" The two women squealed with delight as they approached what looked like a woodland fairy grotto. Festooned ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – Judy Hampton wanted to make sure she was one of the first in line for Iron Mountain Tramway’s opening day Saturday. The long-time Glenwood Springs resident arrived at the tram base ...