In a follow-up to a post from February 14, 2012, Grand Rapids, Michigan is now home to the state’s only and probably the world’s newest funicular. The $5 million Idema Funicular began operations in the summer of 2012 to provide access from the parking lot to the city’s John Ball Zoological Garden on the near west side.

The funicular operates on an 890 foot long track and rises/falls 114 feet in elevation between stations. Here are a series of photos taken earlier on Friday, December 14th.