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The 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge Mapimi Railroad in Durango State had a short Abt rack section from El Cambio to Ojuela. The maximum grade was 13.6% and it was worked by two Baldwin 0-6-2T steam locomotives built in 1896 and two Baldwin 2-6-2T steam locomotives built in 1898 and 1900. The railroad closed in the early 1930s. [6]
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 in the United States" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.
About 700 railroads operate common carrier freight service in the United States. There are about 160,141 mi (257,722 km) of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge . Reporting marks are listed in parentheses.
List of railroads in Washington, D.C. List of West Virginia railroads; List of Wisconsin railroads; List of Wyoming railroads This page was last edited on 27 ...
Pages in category "Rack railways" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Steepest standard gauge, line haul railroad in North America. [17] Worked as a rack railway until 1868 when the Reuben Wells was built to work the hill by adhesion. 1 in 17.1 (5.88%) Docklands Light Railway, London, England: On the ramp from the original London and Blackwall Railway viaduct to the tunnel leading to Bank. 1 in 17.5 (5.7%)
This article is a list of important rail yards in geographical order. These listed may be termed Classification, Freight, Marshalling, Shunting, or Switching yards, which are cultural terms generally meaning the same thing no matter which part of the world's railway traditions originated the term of art.