Table of Contents
101 relations: Adhesion railway, Appenzell Railways, Štrbské Pleso, Bern, Cable railway, Cardiff, Carl Roman Abt, Cassier's Magazine, Chicago, Chicago Tunnel Company, Common carrier, Continental Europe, Diesel locomotive, Dolderbahn, Eduard Locher, Electric locomotive, Emil Strub, Fiction, Fire-tube boiler, Firebox (steam engine), Funicular, Gear, Glossary of boiler terms, Grade (slope), Greenwald, Pennsylvania, Hanscotte centre-rail system, Harz Narrow Gauge Railways, Hillclimbing (railway), History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830, Janet Evanovich, John Blenkinsop, Jungfrau Railway, Leeds, List of books in The Railway Series, List of rack railways, List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways, Middleton Railway, Middleton, Leeds, Mine railway, Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, Mount Morgan railway station, Mount Washington, Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mountain railway, Narrow-gauge railway, New Hampshire, Niklaus Riggenbach, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway X class, Olten, ... Expand index (51 more) »
- Rack railways
- Railways by type
Adhesion railway
An adhesion railway relies on adhesion traction to move the train, and is the most widespread and common type of railway in the world. Rack railway and adhesion railway are rail technologies and railways by type.
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Appenzell Railways
Appenzell Railways (Appenzeller Bahnen, AB) is a Swiss railway company with headquarters in Herisau.
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Štrbské Pleso
Štrbské Pleso (Tschirmer See; Csorbató or Csorba-tó; Szczyrbskie Jezioro) is a ski, tourist, and health resort in the High Tatras, Slovakia located on the lake by the same name.
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Bern
Bern, or Berne,Bärn; Bèrna; Berna; Berna.
Cable railway
A cable railway is a railway that uses a cable, rope or chain to haul trains. Rack railway and cable railway are rail technologies and railways by type.
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Cardiff
Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.
Carl Roman Abt
Carl Roman Abt (16 July 1850 – 1 May 1933Herring, Peter (2000).) was a Swiss mechanical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. Rack railway and Carl Roman Abt are rack railways.
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Cassier's Magazine
Cassier's Magazine: An Engineering Monthly was an engineering magazine, published by the Cassier Magazine Company from 1891 to 1913.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Chicago Tunnel Company
The Chicago Tunnel Company was the builder and operator of a narrow-gauge railway freight tunnel network under downtown Chicago, Illinois.
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Common carrier
A common carrier in common law countries (corresponding to a public carrier in some civil law systems,Encyclopædia Britannica CD 2000 "Civil-law public carrier" from "carriage of goods" usually called simply a carrier) is a person or company that transports goods or people for any person or company and is responsible for any possible loss of the goods during transport.
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Continental Europe
Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.
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Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.
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Dolderbahn
The Dolderbahn (Db or DBZ) is a long rack railway in the Swiss city of Zürich.
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Eduard Locher
Eduard Locher (15 January 1840 in Zurich – 2 June 1910 in Zurich) was a Swiss engineer, inventor and independent contractor who received a doctorate honoris causa for his work. Rack railway and Eduard Locher are rack railways.
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Electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.
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Emil Strub
Emil Strub (13 July 1858 in Trimbach, Switzerland – 15 December 1909) was a Swiss builder, railway builder and inventor who invented the Strub rack system. Rack railway and Emil Strub are rack railways.
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Fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary or in ways that are imaginary.
Fire-tube boiler
A fire-tube boiler is a type of boiler invented in 1828 by Mark Seguin, in which hot gases pass from a fire through one or more tubes running through a sealed container of water.
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Firebox (steam engine)
In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler.
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Funicular
A funicular is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. Rack railway and funicular are rail technologies, railways by type and vertical transport devices.
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Gear
A gear or gearwheel is a rotating machine part typically used to transmit rotational motion and/or torque by means of a series of teeth that engage with compatible teeth of another gear or other part.
Glossary of boiler terms
Boilers for generating steam or hot water have been designed in countless shapes, sizes and configurations.
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Grade (slope)
The grade (US) or gradient (UK) (also called stepth, slope, incline, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.
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Greenwald, Pennsylvania
Greenwald is an unincorporated community and coal town in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Hanscotte centre-rail system
The Hanscotte system was a design for railway locomotives and track using, in addition to the conventional load-bearing driving wheels, pairs of horizontal driving wheels mounted underneath the locomotive and pressing inwards upon a central rail, to improve adhesion and traction. Rack railway and Hanscotte centre-rail system are rail technologies.
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Harz Narrow Gauge Railways
The Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (German: Harzer Schmalspurbahnen or HSB) is a railway company that operates a network in the Harz mountains, in central Germany (formerly East Germany – officially the German Democratic Republic).
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Hillclimbing (railway)
Hillclimbing is a problem faced by railway systems when a load must be carried up an incline. Rack railway and Hillclimbing (railway) are rail technologies.
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History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830
The history of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830 covers the period up to the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives.
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Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich (née Schneider; April 22, 1943) is an American writer.
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John Blenkinsop
John Blenkinsop (1783 – 22 January 1831) was an English mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive.
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Jungfrau Railway
The Jungfrau Railway (Jungfraubahn,, JB) is a mountain rack railway in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland, connecting Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Oberland to the Jungfraujoch, across the Valais border.
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Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England.
List of books in The Railway Series
The Railway Series is a British series of children's books written by both the Rev. W. Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry.
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List of rack railways
This is a list of rack railways, both operating and closed. Rack railway and list of rack railways are rack railways.
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List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways
The inclusion of steep gradients on railways avoids the expensive engineering work required to produce more gentle gradients. Rack railway and List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways are rail transport-related lists.
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Middleton Railway
The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway, situated in the English city of Leeds.
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Middleton, Leeds
Middleton is a largely residential suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England and historically a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Mine railway
A mine railway (or mine railroad, U.S.), sometimes pit railway, is a railway constructed to carry materials and workers in and out of a mine.
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Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as Mount Lyell.
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Mount Morgan railway station
Mount Morgan railway station is a heritage-listed railway station at Railway Parade, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Mount Washington
Mount Washington, is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire.
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Mount Washington Cog Railway
The Mount Washington Cog Railway, also known as the Cog, is the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway (rack-and-pinion railway).
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Mountain railway
A mountain railway is a railway that operates in a mountainous region. Rack railway and mountain railway are rail transport-related lists.
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than. Rack railway and narrow-gauge railway are railways by type.
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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Niklaus Riggenbach
Niklaus Riggenbach (21 May 1817 – 25 July 1899) was an Alsatian-born Swiss mechanic, railway engineer, politician and inventor of the rack railway system as well as the counter-pressure brake. Rack railway and Niklaus Riggenbach are rack railways.
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Nilgiri Mountain Railway
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) is a railway in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India, built by the British in 1908.
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Nilgiri Mountain Railway X class
The X class is a metre gauge 0-8-2 RT rack and pinion compound locomotive used by the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India.
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Olten
Olten (High Alemannic: Oute) is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name.
Passenger railroad car
A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (Indian English) is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers.
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Patent
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Percent sign
The percent sign (sometimes per cent sign in British English) is the symbol used to indicate a percentage, a number or ratio as a fraction of 100.
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Pikes Peak Cog Railway
The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway (also known as the Pikes Peak Cog Railway) is a cog railway that climbs one of the most iconic mountains in the United States, Pikes Peak in Colorado.
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Pilatus (mountain)
Pilatus, also often referred to as Mount Pilatus, is a mountain massif overlooking Lucerne in Central Switzerland.
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Pilatus Railway
The Pilatus Railway (Pilatusbahn, PB) is a mountain railway in Switzerland and the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%.
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Pinion
A pinion is a round gear—usually the smaller of two meshed gears—used in several applications, including drivetrain and rack and pinion systems.
Plate (structure)
A plate is a structural element which is characterized by a three-dimensional solid whose thickness is very small when compared with other dimensions.
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Rack and pinion
A rack and pinion is a type of linear actuator that comprises a circular gear (the pinion) engaging a linear gear (the rack).
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Railroad switch
A railroad switch, turnout, or points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.
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Railroad tie
A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper (Australian and British English) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks.
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Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
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Rigi
The Rigi (or Mount Rigi; also known as Queen of the Mountains) is a mountain massif of the Alps, located in Central Switzerland.
Rigi Railways
Rigi Railways (Rigi Bahnen) is a railway company that operates a group of railways on the mountain Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland.
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Ruling gradient
The term ruling grade is usually used as a synonym for "steepest climb" between two points on a railroad.
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Salamanca (locomotive)
Salamanca was the first commercially successful steam locomotive, built in 1812 by Matthew Murray of Holbeck, for the edge-railed Middleton Railway between Middleton and Leeds, England and it predated Stephenson's Rocket by 17 years.
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Sassi–Superga tramway
The Sassi–Superga tramway is a steep grade railway line in the city of Turin in northern Italy.
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Schynige Platte Railway
The Schynige Platte Railway (Schynige Platte-Bahn, SPB) is a mountain railway in the Bernese Highlands area of Switzerland, which connects the town of Wilderswil, near Interlaken, with the famous wildflower gardens of the Schynige Platte.
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Skitube Alpine Railway
The Skitube Alpine Railway is an Australian standard gauge electric rack railway in the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales.
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Slippery rail
Slippery rail, or low railhead adhesion, is a condition of railways (railroads) where contamination of the railhead reduces the traction between the wheel and the rail.
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Slope car
A is a small automated monorail, or a fusion between monorail, people mover, inclined elevator and rack railway. Rack railway and Slope car are vertical transport devices.
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Snowdon Mountain Railway
The Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR; Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) is a narrow gauge rack-and-pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.
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Sodor (fictional island)
The Island of Sodor is a fictional island that is the setting for The Railway Series books by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry (and his son Christopher).
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Square
In Euclidean geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral, which means that it has four sides of equal length and four equal angles (90-degree angles, π/2 radian angles, or right angles).
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
Steep grade railway
A steep grade railway is a railway that ascends and descends a slope that has a steep grade. Rack railway and steep grade railway are railways by type.
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Steve Hamilton (author)
Steve Hamilton is an American mystery writer who is known for the series of novels featuring private investigator Alex McKnight.
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Structural channel
The structural channel, also known as a C-channel or Parallel Flange Channel (PFC), is a type of (usually structural steel) beam, used primarily in building construction and civil engineering.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Sylvester Marsh
Sylvester Marsh (September 30, 1803, Campton, New Hampshire – December 30, 1884, Concord, New Hampshire) was an American engineer who designed and built the Mount Washington Cog Railway.
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Tasmania
Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.
The Railway Series
The Railway Series is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor.
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Third rail
A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.
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Track geometry
Track geometry is concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, curves, and surfaces in the three-dimensional positioning of railroad track.
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Train
A train (from Old French trahiner, from Latin trahere, "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight.
Tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.
Transfer table
A transfer table or traverser is a piece of railway equipment.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Urban area
An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment.
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Vertical boiler
A vertical boiler is a type of fire-tube or water-tube boiler where the boiler barrel is oriented vertically instead of the more common horizontal orientation.
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Vitznau–Rigi railway line
The Vitznau–Rigi railway line is a Swiss standard gauge rack railway that runs from on the shore of Lake Lucerne to Rigi.
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Von Roll Holding
Von Roll Holding AG is a Swiss industrial group that operates worldwide that was founded in 1803.
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Wagonway
Wagonways (also spelt Waggonways), also known as horse-drawn railways and horse-drawn railroad consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam-powered railways.
Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
West Coast Wilderness Railway
The West Coast Wilderness Railway is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Mount Lyell railway in Western Tasmania between Queenstown and Regatta Point, Strahan.
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West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.
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Wilbert Awdry
Wilbert Vere Awdry (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), often credited as Rev.
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Zentralbahn
The Zentralbahn is a Swiss railway company that owns and operates two connecting railway lines in Central Switzerland and the Bernese Oberland.
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Zurich
Zurich (Zürich) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich.
See also
Rack railways
- Carl Roman Abt
- Eduard Locher
- Emil Strub
- List of rack railways
- Niklaus Riggenbach
- Rack railway
- Top station
- Valley station
Railways by type
- Adhesion railway
- Cable car (railway)
- Cable cars in Chicago
- Cable railway
- Decauville
- Elevated railway
- Feldbahn
- Forest railways
- Funicular
- Gravity railroad
- Horse-drawn railways
- Medium-capacity rail system
- Military railways
- Monorails
- Mountain railways
- Narrow-gauge railway
- People movers
- Plateway
- Portage railway
- Private railway
- Rack railway
- Rack railways
- Spalding railway
- Steep grade railway
- Street running
- Streetcar tunnels in Chicago
- Transcontinental railroad
- Waterbalast railway
References
Also known as Abt rack railway system, Abt rack system, Cog locomotive, Cog locomotives, Cog railroad, Cog railway, Cog train, Cog-wheel railway, Cogwheel railway, Cogwheel train, Locher rack system, Marsh rack system, Rack Railways, Rack and pinion railway, Rack locomotive, Rack-and-pinion railway, Rack-driven railway, Rack-railway, Riggenbach rack system, Strub rack railway system, Strub rack system, Von Roll rack system.