I looked again:
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ARES GravityLine’sTM fixed motor, chain-drive system
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Sounds more like a cable car, but close enough. I was thinking about minimizing the length of the road.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_railway#Locher_(1889)
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The Locher rack system, invented by Eduard Locher, has gear teeth cut in the sides rather than the top of the rail, engaged by two cog wheels on the locomotive. This system allows use on steeper grades than the other systems, whose teeth could jump out of the rack. It is used on the Pilatus Railway.
Locher set out to design a rack system that could be used on gradients as steep as 1 in 2 (50%). The Abt system — the most common rack system in Switzerland at the time — was limited to a maximum gradient of 1 in 4 (25%).
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Oregon City, OR, would be my candidate. They have one of the eight municipal elevators in the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_City_Municipal_Elevator
Sounds like a job for the Boring Company.
