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rack railway
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rack railway [′rak ′rāl‚wā]
(civil engineering)
A railway with a rack between the rails which engages a gear on the locomotive; used on steep grades.
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The Snowdon Mountain Railway is still the nation's only rack-and-pinion railway and, because of the sheer scale of the mountain, passenger cabs are pushed the 3,650 feet to the top, rather than be pulled.
BREATHTAKING! by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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