Stalin's Rope Roads

Re:Stalin's Rope Roads by Samuel_Michon on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @01:27PM (#6641749)

“In 2008 the hauling rope of this tramway snapped with 12 passengers inside. Ramaz Khipshidze, the director of the Aerial Tramway Network says the automatic braking system worked "thanks to God."”

Well, it certainly wasn’t thanks to regular maintenance. Honestly, why is everything from the Soviet era just left to rot?

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Re:Stalin's Rope Roads by steve19 on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @02:55PM (#6642408)

Even just a fresh coat of paint would prevent those tram cabins from rusting. Even the mining company, who I assume has cash, does not bother.

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Re:Stalin's Rope Roads by dimkar on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @03:53PM (#6642881)

Soviet Union had lots of drawbacks, no doubt, but they did a lot of good stuff like rope roads, railroad, undergrounds etc. It's cheaper to maintain the heritage than build something from scratch, why is it neglected?

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Re:Stalin's Rope Roads by alandarev on Thursday October 31, 2013 @05:03AM (#6645821)

The present government has to blame the past in order to maintain its authority. Independent if how the USSR did, they have to be shown as 'evil' (I am not saying USSR was puffy and fluffy)

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