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About Funimag

Funimag Photoblog was created in October 2004 and was, for many years, the heart of my publications about funicular railways and cable‑hauled systems. For more than a decade, I shared news, discoveries, rare documents, and field reports in the form of regular posts.

With the rise of social networks, most of the short news gradually moved to X (formerly Twitter), and the site entered a long pause while preserving its historical archives.

In 2025, as social platforms evolved, I decided to bring Funimag back to its original role: an independent, durable space dedicated to in‑depth content. The site has been fully modernized, reorganized, and redesigned to host long‑form articles, richly illustrated and documented, published as my research progresses.

Here you will find:
– newly published in‑depth articles
– restored and reorganized older articles
– the full archive of posts from 2004 to 2017
– and, for short updates, my activity on X and Bluesky

Welcome to the new Funimag — a place where the history of funiculars and cable‑hauled systems continues to live, away from the noise of social media.

Feel free to leave a comment by clicking on ‘Comments’ at the end of each article.

Thank you for staying loyal to Funimag after all these years.

 

A propos de Funimag

Funimag Photoblog a été créé en octobre 2004 et a longtemps été le cœur de mes publications consacrées aux funiculaires et aux systèmes à traction par câble. Pendant plus de dix ans, j’y ai partagé actualités, découvertes, documents rares et reportages, sous forme de posts réguliers.

Avec l’essor des réseaux sociaux, la plupart des actualités courtes ont progressivement migré vers X (anciennement Twitter), et le site est entré dans une longue période de pause, tout en conservant ses archives historiques.

En 2025, face à l’évolution des plateformes sociales, j’ai décidé de redonner à Funimag son rôle d’origine : un espace indépendant, durable, dédié aux contenus de fond. Le site a été entièrement modernisé, réorganisé et repensé pour accueillir désormais des articles approfondis, richement illustrés et documentés, publiés au fil de mes recherches.

Vous trouverez ici :
– les nouveaux articles de fond
– les anciens articles restaurés et réorganisés
– l’intégralité des posts publiés entre 2004 et 2017
– et, pour les actualités courtes, mes publications sur X et Bluesky

Bienvenue dans la nouvelle version de Funimag — un lieu où l’histoire des funiculaires et des systèmes à câble continue de vivre, loin du bruit des réseaux sociaux.

N’hésitez pas à laisser un commentaire en cliquant sur ‘Comments’ à la fin de chaque article.

Merci de rester fidèle à Funimag après toutes ces années.

 

Michel Azéma
Paris, France

Funimag Funicular Magazine

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8 responses to “About / Contact”

  1. John Carmichael Avatar

    Hello funimag staff:
    I commend you for preserving our history. I am trying to do the same. That said, I have a small favor to ask…
    In 2020, I built the first and only fully functioning Funicular Garden railway in America- in Tucson AZ. It’s in G-Scale 1:24. It is based on turn-of-the-century American funiculars- especially the one to Horseshoe Curve in Penn. I want to help others in our hobby build these models with how-to construction articles & videos. I am making the how-to-build video now, and people need to see what classic old American funiculars looked like. (many people have never seen one). Your photos will give them great inspiration for more working models.

    So I’m begging your permission to copy and use some of your photos in this educational video. Of course, I will give funimag.com complete credit on the credit page at the end of the video. And I would use the same titles you have for each photo copy.

    Please consider my request, since I’m not making any money from it, and this video will promote funiculars- working funiculars at that!

    Here is a fun video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfaoieCIXi8&t=33s
    Here is an article on it: https://dl.orangedox.com/GRNews.2022.4.Jul.Aug.2022

  2. Funimag Avatar

    Ça fonctionne très bien — merci 😊

  3. Kurt Clason Avatar

    Back in 2006 you posted an article by Jeff Johnson that built his own trolley. We are looking to do the same on an island in NH. Could you send me contact info for him so I can get details

  4. Victoria Coke Avatar
    Victoria Coke

    Hello!
    Hoping you can help me with getting in touch with Jeff Johnson. This web magazine posted an article about him and his handmade funicular in Butler, Lake Watauga, Tennessee back in 2006. The links are not active to his funicular plans that he posted. We’d love to get in contact with him. I hope you’re able to help. Merci!

  5. Claude Bougie Avatar
    Claude Bougie

    Hi,
    In Québec City, Canada, there is a funicular with a long history. This one relies the lower old town to upper town.
    https://www.funiculaire.ca

  6. BEFFA Jean-Marc Avatar
    BEFFA Jean-Marc

    Bonjour,
    J’ai regardé avec beaucoup de plaisir votre magazine sur les funiculaire.
    J’ai été très surpris de ne pas y voir le funiculaire Piotta-Ritom au Tessin en Suisse.
    Il est très particulier:
    ouverture de l’exploitation 1921
    Longueur exploitée 1.358 km
    Déclivité maximum 878 0/00
    Propriétaire CFF à Berne

  7. Carol Acquaviva Avatar

    Thank you for including images from the Anne T. Kent California Room Collection, Marin County Free Library. This photograph and additional images and information about the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, can be found on the California Room’s Digital Archive: http://contentdm.marinlibrary.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/mtmwrr.
    You can also view a video we created with footage compiled from film in our collection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8KlsOxpzAM

  8. Dan Engstrom Avatar

    I enjoyed your article about the Mt. Tamalpias Railway.
    If you haven’t been there, it is still a great hike.

    Dan

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