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This is a list of rack railways, both operating and closed. Angola. Lengue gorge. [1] on Benguela railway – 1906. [2] 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge. Argentina.
The Pilatus Railway is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%. Functioning of the rack and pinion on the Strub system. 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 running rails.
Pages in category "Rack railways" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Schynige Platte Railway. This is a list of heritage railways in Switzerland.For convenience, the list includes any pre-World War II railway in the large sense of the term (either adhesion railway, rack railway or funicular) currently operated with at least several original or historical carriages.
Pages in category "Rack railways in the United States" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.
Rail crossing at Rigi Staffel, dead-end rail to the summit Oldest mountain rack railway in Europe (1873), highest standard gauge in Europe, rail crossing involves change of train at Rigi Staffel Chur–Arosa: Graubünden: Alps: Arosa: 1,739 m (5,705 ft) 6% 1,000 mm: No Dead-end rail Grütschalp–Mürren: Bern: Alps: Mürren: 1,639 m (5,377 ft ...
The cog, or rack and pinion, system that allows the locomotive to climb Mount Washington. Located in the museum. The rack rail design used is one of Marsh's own inventions, using a ladder-like rack with open bar rungs engaged by the teeth of the cog wheel. This system allows snow and debris to fall through the rack, rather than lodging in it. [42]
Where the line is too steep to 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 little used alternative to the rack and pinion railway is the Fell system, in which traction and/or braking wheel are applied to a central rail under pressure.