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rack railway Noun

[Subject: Ground Transportation]

- A line of railway equipped, between the running rails, with a rack or toothed rail (rack rail) , with which cogs fitted to the driving axle of the locomotive mesh in order to allow the haulage of trains on steeply inclined slopes.

Translated by: MAURICE DUIJN

Synonym: cog railway
Synonym: cogway

Translated in 12 languages

Translations11
	Italian	ferrovia a cremagliera
	Spanish	ferrocarril de cremallera
	French	chemin de fer à crémaillère
	German	Zahnradbahn
	Catalan	cremallera
	Czech	ozubnicová dráha
	Danish	tandhjulsbane
	Dutch	tandradspoorweg
	Japanese	ラック式鉄道
	Luxembourgish	Zännradbunn
	Swedish	kuggstångsbana

rack railway

[Subject: Generalities]

Translated by: FARHAD PEZESHKI

Translated in 2 languages

Translations1
	Persian	راه آهن چنگك دار مخصوص عبور از سراشيب

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