A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the... 31 KB (3,734 words) - 15:28, 3 April 2024 |
pinion. For example, in a rack railway, the rotation of a pinion mounted on a locomotive or a railroad car engages a rack, usually placed between the... 8 KB (1,064 words) - 16:09, 4 December 2023 |
1908. The railway is operated by the Southern Railway and is the only rack railway in India. The railway relies on its fleet of steam locomotives. NMR... 15 KB (1,433 words) - 23:44, 26 March 2024 |
Stuttgart Rack Railway (German: Zahnradbahn Stuttgart) is an electric rack railway in Stuttgart, Germany. It is the only urban rack railway in Germany... 9 KB (1,025 words) - 20:34, 25 January 2024 |
list of rack railways, both operating and closed. Lengue gorge. on Benguela railway – 1906. 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge. Transandine Railway between Mendoza... 16 KB (1,676 words) - 12:35, 23 February 2024 |
The Pilatus Railway (German: Pilatusbahn, PB) is a mountain railway in Switzerland and the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient... 10 KB (983 words) - 23:11, 21 February 2024 |
Railway (SMR; Welsh: Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) is a narrow gauge rack-and-pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that... 54 KB (5,918 words) - 03:09, 7 April 2024 |
The Jungfrau Railway (German: Jungfraubahn, pronounced [ˈjʊŋfʁaʊ̯ˌbaːn] , JB) is a mountain rack railway in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland, connecting... 17 KB (1,584 words) - 14:00, 19 January 2024 |
Look up rack or racks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rack or racks may refer to: Amp rack, short for amplifier rack, a piece of furniture in which... 3 KB (376 words) - 01:15, 10 February 2024 |
Train (redirect from Railway train) operation. Monorails operate on a single rail, while funiculars and rack railways are uniquely designed to traverse steep slopes. Experimental trains... 61 KB (6,248 words) - 05:53, 1 March 2024 |
traction on the rails at grades steeper than 10%, so the railway would need to use a cog and rack system to help pull trains up the mountain and control... 25 KB (2,039 words) - 16:28, 16 July 2023 |
The Brienz Rothorn Railway (German: Brienz Rothorn Bahn, BRB) is a tourist rack railway in Switzerland, which climbs from Brienz, at the eastern end of... 13 KB (882 words) - 21:51, 26 October 2023 |
The Vall de Núria Rack Railway (Catalan: Cremallera de Núria, IPA: [kɾəməˈʎeɾə ðə ˈnuɾiə]) is a mountain railway in the Pyrenees mountains in the north... 10 KB (502 words) - 19:51, 4 February 2024 |
The Drachenfels Railway (German: Drachenfelsbahn) is a rack railway line in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. The line runs from Königswinter... 7 KB (638 words) - 06:15, 13 February 2024 |
rely on adhesion for climbing, a rack railway may be used, in which a toothed cog wheel engages with a toothed rack rail laid between the tracks. A now... 3 KB (407 words) - 01:18, 3 November 2023 |
Railroad switch (redirect from Railway switch) one side to a central position. Rack-railway switches are as varied as rack-railway technologies. Where use of the rack is optional, as on the Zentralbahn... 60 KB (7,928 words) - 22:11, 27 April 2024 |
mounted vehicles up or down inclines. These include simple rail adhesion, rack railways and cable inclines (including rail mounted water tanks to carry barges)... 19 KB (684 words) - 03:19, 8 March 2024 |
arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland. They include two standard gauge rack railways, the Vitznau–Rigi Bahn (VRB) and the Arth–Rigi Bahn (ARB), along with... 19 KB (2,378 words) - 01:42, 2 March 2024 |
best known rack railways are built to it. Six of these are in Switzerland, including the world's steepest rack line (the Pilatus Railway) and the world's... 4 KB (196 words) - 05:35, 20 January 2022 |
The Principe–Granarolo rack railway (Italian: Ferrovia Principe-Granarolo) is a rack railway in the Italian city of Genoa that connects via del Lagaccio... 6 KB (525 words) - 17:10, 13 September 2022 |