Now, covered concrete troughs to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair.

I must cross swords with the author of the article on the Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland, on two points.

[…] were feeding not only giraffes, but several herds of the larger antelopes, among whom stalked, with measured pace, a large number of secretary birds, Kaffir and white storks, maribous, the charming crested cranes, and innumerable egrets.

“We are BEYOND not ready for climate change,” Mark Levine, a City Council representative, declared on Twitter.