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2. Rack railway - Wikipedia

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   Rack railway. The Pilatus Railway is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%. A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more ...

3. Mount Washington Cog Railway - Wikipedia

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   talk. edit. The Mount Washington Cog Railway, also known as the Cog, is the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway (rack-and-pinion railway). The railway climbs Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. It uses a Marsh rack system and both steam and biodiesel -powered locomotives to carry tourists to the top of the mountain.

4. Pilatus Railway - Wikipedia

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   Pilatus Railway. 9 km/h (5.6 mph) downhill, about 10 km/h (6.2 mph) uphill. The Pilatus Railway (‹See Tfd› German: 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%. The line runs from Alpnachstad, on Lake Alpnach, to a terminus ...

5. Snowdon Mountain Railway - Wikipedia

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   The Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR; Welsh: Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) is a narrow gauge rack-and-pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales. [ 4 ] A return journey, including the stop at the summit, takes 2½ hours.

6. List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways - Wikipedia

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   Incline from the Causeway Street Tunnel up to the Lechmere Viaduct on the Green Line (MBTA), Boston, Massachusetts, United States [18] This incline is commonly believed to be the "steepest grade of tracks in the T system." [19] 1 in 15.9 (6.3%) Alishan Forest Railway, Taiwan: 1 in 16.4 (6.1%) Hunsrückbahn, Germany: Built as a rack railway.

7. Falls Incline Railway - Wikipedia

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   System length. 59.8 m (196.2 ft) Track gauge. 1,850 mm (6 ft 27⁄32 in) Average speed. 3.5 km/h (2.2 mph) The Falls Incline Railway, originally known as the Horseshoe Falls Incline is a type of funicular railway (an inclined elevator) in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It is located beside Niagara Falls at the Horseshoe Falls.