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rack railway

rack rail·way (plural rack rail·ways)


noun 
Definition:
 
Canada railway on slope: a mountain railway that has locomotives with a central cogwheel that engages with a toothed rack between the rails in order to pull the train up steep slopes.
U.S. term  cog railway


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