rack railway

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Origin of rack railway

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby rack railway

rack locomotive, rack off, rack one's brain, rack out, rack rail, rack railway, rack-rent, rack saw, rack up, rackwork, raclette

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How to use rack railway in a sentence

The Harz is penetrated by several railways, among them a rack-railway up the Brocken, opened in 1898.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1|Various
Here was the very place for a rack railway on some system like Abt's, it seemed to me.
Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge|John Newman
The main village is connected with Interlaken by a rack railway (13 m.).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for rack railway

rack railway

noun

a steep mountain railway having a middle rail fitted with a rack that engages a pinion on the locomotive to provide tractionAlso called: cog railway

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