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2. Mount Washington Cog Railway - Wikipedia

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   The Mount Washington Cog Railway, also known as the Cog, is the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway (rack-and-pinion railway). The railway climbs Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. It uses a Marsh rack system and both steam and biodiesel-powered locomotives to carry tourists to the top of the mountain.

3. Rack railway - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. 10 best fall foliage train rides in the US for 2024

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   The world’s first mountain-climbing cog railway, New Hampshire's historic Mount Washington Cog Railway uses steam and bio-diesel-powered locomotives to carry passengers to the summit of the ...

5. $1.2M loan OK'd to upgrade Cog Railway's climb to the clouds

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   May 5—A 20-year $1.2 million loan to install "heavy rail" for the Mount Washington Cog Railway will make for a smoother ride and require less maintenance, according to rail management officials.

6. Pikes Peak Cog Railway - Wikipedia

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   Railway managers reported that in 2017 the track geometry had become so poor that the cog wheels were wearing out twice as quickly as they did in the 1980s. [3] Winter operations were suspended on October 29, 2017, to conduct maintenance on the railway, but crews soon realized more serious repairs were needed and in March 2018 it was announced ...

7. List of rack railways - Wikipedia

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   Mount Washington Cog Railway, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Bio Diesel & live steam cog train operations with Marsh rack system, world's first to be used as a mountain railway (inaugurated in 1868). Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway, [9] cog rail tram opened in 1997. Hancock, Michigan. Green Mountain Cog Railway (abandoned)