They talked of aerial railways and cable traction.

他们谈到了空中铁路和电缆牵引。

Now perhaps I'll buy that mine back again one of these days, it's not impossible; but if I do, it wouldn't be to go about staring up at the sky and saying, 'Aerial railway!

现在也许有一天我会再次买回我的， 这并非不可能； 但如果我这样做了， 就不会四处张望着天空说， ‘架空铁路！

But nothing came of it; the engineer explained that he was obliged to start work from the south because that was nearest the sea, and saved the need of an aerial railway, reduced the transport almost to nil.

工程师解释说， 他不得不从南边开始工作， 因为那里离海最近， 而且省去了架空铁路的需要， 但是没有任何结果。 几乎减少了运输量。