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Meanings of rack railway in English

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.

зубчатая железная дорога
Synonyms
Examples for "cog railroad"
Examples for "cog railroad"
1
We'll meet back here at two o'clock to take the cog railway back down to the bottom.
Alpine for You
2
Then in 1869 a local entrepreneur named Sylvester March built the cog railway, the first in the world.
A walk in the woods: rediscovering america on the appalachian tr...
3
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.
The South African
4
Each being close to or higher than 4000meters above sea level and can be easily reached by aerial cable cars, cog railways or gondolas.
The South African
5
"This is the oldest cog railway in the world, sir," the kindly man told him in perfect English.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
1
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.
Their Pilgrimage