The worlds longest ropeway, built in 1941-1942 and stretching some 96km between two distant mining towns in Northern Sweden. The ropeway was operating until 1987 shipping precious ore (copper, gold etc) and later after its decommission some 13 km was recovered for passenger traffic.

Our holiday house was located nearby one of its many drive-stations and I still remember when I was a little boy wandering the woods and listening to the sound of the squeaking wheels up on the masts. Now when discovering W&R I was amazed by the engine for ropeways and instantly thought our old industrial heritage in Sweden would be an interesting mod mission for enthusiasts :)

Masts (small):
Round, built by concrete. Up to 20 m high?
Photo, masts small[images.app.goo.gl]
Photo2 masts small[thorsaker.se]

Masts (big):
Round, built by concrete. Up to 40 m high. With circular staircase/ladders inside.
Photo, masts big[www.ekeving.se]

Carriages/wagons:
Load: 1400kg
Photo, carriages1[upload.wikimedia.org]
Photo, carriages2[upload.wikimedia.org]


Railroad overpass:
Link, photo [digitaltmuseum.se]

Drive-stations (8 in total along the route, some 12km in between)
Photo, drivestation1 [digitaltmuseum.se]
Photo, drivestation2 [scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com]
Photo, drivestation3 [samlingar.skellefteamuseum.se]


Station / unloading:
Photo, unloading station [digitaltmuseum.se]
Photo, unloading station - different angle[digitaltmuseum.org]


Ideas for W&R advanced/future modding:

- Drive-stations could also be used for in-ropeway loading from mines along the route. This was the original idea for the drive-station in Bjurfors (Örträsk). A conveyer connection could make it in-game.

- Drive-stations could add longer total routes to the ropeways in W&R in the same way they were used in reality.

- Drive-stations could change the angle for the ropeway, since the carriages travel on rails within the station.

- Railroad connection to the unloading station, as it was in the real life (for already processed ore)