>>1515466This is a suspended conveyer in South Africa, for transporting platinum ore from the mine over some mountains to the processing plant.
If you want more details:
>https://im-mining.com/2019/02/25/doppelmayr-ropecon-suspended-conveyor-running-booysendal-south-platinum/>>1515800Yup. That steam engine on the downhill side is one used for powering the train on the flat sections between the cable sections. It's got a mechanical jaw that grips to the rope that pulls it up as another train heads downhill.
It shut in the 1980s due to disrepair and arson in the pulley machinery buildings.
>https://www.wondersofworldengineering.com/scalingramparts.html 