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switchback

a mountain road, railway, or track which rises and falls sharply many times or a sharp rise and fall on such a road, railway, or track

switchback [′swich‚bak]

(mining engineering)

A zigzag arrangement of railroad tracks by means of which a train can reach a higher or lower level by a succession of easy grades.

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