Russian
зубчатая железная дорога Portuguese
caminho de ferro de cremalheira Spanish
tren cremallera Catalan
tren de cremallera Steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail.
Synonyms
Examples for "rack railway"
Examples for "rack railway"
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We'll meet back here at two o'clock to take the cog railway back down to the bottom.
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Then in 1869 a local entrepreneur named Sylvester March built the cog railway, the first in the world.
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A highlight for just about everyone is the Gornergrat, a cog railway that winds its way up the mountain to an altitude of 3089 metres.
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Each being close to or higher than 4000meters above sea level and can be easily reached by aerial cable cars, cog railways or gondolas.
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"This is the oldest cog railway in the world, sir," the kindly man told him in perfect English.
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The cog-wheel railway is able to transport a large number of excursionists to the top of the mountain in the course of the morning.