Palm Springs Arial Tram Way
San Jacinto kici mualtung ka kah uh ciangin pi 100 tun sialsialin a sanna na kisuang toto hi. Mawtaw tawh ka paitoto uh a, a sanna 2643 ft ka tun uh ciangin Valley Station acihna ka tung uhhi. Tua Valley Station saksiah mawtaw tawh kipai thei nawn peuhmah lo a, tua mun pan kipanin leitungah cable (sikkhau hual) tawh kihawl tram car te lak ah a gol penpen mihing 80 a ta leh a pai kawmkawm a, a kipeite tawh ka kahto uhhi.
Niiangpinu zong hong zui a, ka kahtoh lam uh ahi zongin kumsuk lam ahi zongin Niiangpipa’ pang beel in zong hak ngamlo liangin khatvei bek a pai masakna hilo napi’n laulai veve hi. A u Paupu zi Cingkhek leuleu ciangin abelh ding a omloh man ahi kha zaw tam lah thei lo, tam laulaw khollo bilbel hi.
Valley Station a kipan a dawntuai Mountain Station dong a kikal ah khuampi (tower) 5 phut uhhi. Tua khuamte kiphutnate pen suangken lak suangken kawm vive suangzualtung (hard bedrock) a kiphut ahihi. A kim a pamah singkung po theihna ding zong hilo napi’n, mun khatkhat ah suang kawmah taaksing si lah si lo hing lah hing zo taktak lo in apo khat leh nih kimu thei hi.
Tua hi a, kahtoh laitak in zin bang nasia tak in hong ling in a kiphuhna suangte hong kicim zenleh cih ka ngaihsut ciangin kei zong ka lau veve tham hi. A tung ka tun uh ciangin a mual dawnah ansai khawng, sumbuksai khawng na om hi. A mualpang lam ciangin 300ft dong ding khawng kham hihiai in om a paina ding lampi ka zuih suksuk uhteh pi 50,000 sqft bang a zai ding munzang pian ka tung uhhi. Tua khit teh kikahto leuleu in mual a thuapthuap in kigual hi.
Tua munzang ka tunna tengah taaksing bekbek po hi. A kung gol thei mahmah hi. Ka gei ka pam uh a gol penpen inteh cia ka upmawh ka laam uh tawh ka teh uh leh laam thum leh a lang pha hi. A kimkot (circumference) 24ft ahihi. Tua hi a diameter 5ft val pha hi. Taksingte pen eilam a taakte sangin a teh a mal lian zaw in a gah zong lian pha mahmah zaw hi. November kha kipat hita a mualtung ka tun uh ciangin khua na dam peuhmah hi. Mualdawn pan nai khat sung bang a sawtteh ka tuaksuk kik pah uhhi. Hih Tram Car leh Tram Way tawh kisai a thei nuam ta dingin a nuai ah theih dia kilawm teng kong gelhbeh hi.
Atomin:
- Opened to the public September 1963
- Capacity Two 80-passenger enclosed rotating cars plus one operator for each car
Elevation
- Valley station 2,643’
- Mountain station 8,516’
- Distant Traveled Approximately 12,800’ with vertical
- ascent 5,873’-15 minutes travel time one way.
Basic Technical Facts
Five towers support four 1-7/8” steel cables as well as four hauling cables, two auxilialy cables an a communications cable. The first tower is the highest at 214’ height. Tower number four is the shortest at 56 ½’. The weight of steel in the five towers totals 263 tons, the weight of 11 cables totals 330 tons. The maximum span between towers is 3,455’ between tower 3 and 4.
Hours of Operation
Cars departs atleast every half hour from 10:00 AM, Monday to Friday; 8:00AM week ends and holiday periods. Last car up is 8:00PM with the last car down at 9:45PM.
Palm Springs Tram Admissions
- Regular Admission Ride N Dine
- Adults $ 21.95 $ 34.00
- Children $ 14.95 (age 3-12) $ 22.00
- Seniors $ 19.95 (60+) ?
**Ride N dine tickets are available only after 3:00PM. Annual pass $ 120 (Adults) $ 90 (3-12)
- Elevation of lower terminal (Valley station) 2,643’
- Elevation of upper terminal (Mountain station) 8,516’
- Difference of elevation 5,873’
- Actual length traveled along cables 12,780’
- Average gradient 26 degrees
- Maximum gradient 45 degrees
- Number of intermediate towers 5
- Car dimensions 8’ht inside, 18’diameter
- Individual Tower Heights
- Tower 1 —- 227’
- Tower 2 —- 146’
- Tower 3 —- 83’
- Tower 4 —- 65’
- Tower 5 —- 68’
Mualbul a om Palm Springs khua leh Mountain Station pen khua hun(30-40F) kilamdang ahih manin puansilh dan ding kigin kholh kul hi. Hih bang dan a kipei kawmkawm a mualtung kahna pen Mt Titlis, Engelberg, Swizerland leh Table mountain, Cape town, South Africa bekah om hi. A kuamah peuh theihkim dingin minthang vangvang khollo napi’n ka va phak taktak ciangin, aphak huai mahmah mun ahihlam ka phawkkik sansan hi.
Hih mualtung kahna bawl ding lam ding a, a khuamu a ngaihsun masapa pen Electrical Engineer Francis Croker hi a, 1935 lai pek a, a ngaihsut pen 1963 kumteh a tangtung zo pan ahihi. Tower khatna lo buang mawtaw pai thei lo a, a dang teng pen helicopter vive tawh akisam vanteng nawnin lam uhhi. Hih Civil Engineer te nasepna pen leitung bupah “Eight Wonders of the World” sungah kiciamteh a, nungsang kum 20 khit ciangin “Historical Civil Engineering Landmark” in kiciamteh leuleu hi.
Hih a lam sung kha 26 sawt a, tua sungah a si khat zong om lo tham lo in nasia tak a liamna baina a ngah zong om lo hi. Nasem 35 pha hi. Tower lamna in siik bekbek a theihsa 20,060 tons kizang hi. Helicopter van nawnna leh nasemte puakna in vial 23,000 vei/7000hrs sung leeng hi.
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