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	Rack railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A cog railway, rack-and-pinion railway or rack railway is a railway with a special toothed rack rail or rack mounted on the railroad ties (sleepers) between the running rails.
		Most rack railways are mountain railways, although a few are transit railways or tramways built to overcome a steep gradient in an urban environment.
		The Riggenbach rack system, invented by Niklaus Riggenbach, is the oldest form of rack railway and uses a ladder rack, formed of steel plates or channels connected by round or square rods at regular intervals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rack_railway (1237 words)

	Rack Railway Stuttgart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Stuttgart Rack Railway (Zahnradbahn in German) is a rack railway in Stuttgart, Germany.
		The rack railway is integrated with the metropolitan railway network of the "Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG" (Stuttgart streetcars) as line 10.
		1977 As a result of the rebuilding of the rack railway's Degerlocher Station, the connecting track to the adhesion railway was eliminated and the rack railway became an isolated operation in the SSB network.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rack_Railway_Stuttgart (855 words)

	Rack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rack and pinion, a type of gear arrangement used for steering an automobile.
		Roof Rack, a system used on automobiles which was designed to carry sporting goods and luggage on top of a car.
		In BDSM, RACK is an acronym for risk-aware consensual kink.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rack (263 words)

	rack railway - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		- 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.
		Rack Railroad, railroad used in mountainous regions that uses a toothed pinion running in a toothed rack to provide traction.
		Rack, instrument of torture used from antiquity until the 18th century.
	encarta.msn.com /rack+railway.html (141 words)

	THE DIAKOFTO - KALAVRYTA RACK & ADHESION RAILWAY
		Consequently, a concession for building and operating the Diakofto - Kalavryta railway was granted to SPAP, the operator of the Peloponnese metre-gauge system. It took five whole years and 4.8 Mio francs to reach the Kalavryta plateu scrapping the future extension of 90km to Tripolis due to lack of funds.
		The rack sections are dominated by inclined stretches of 12% - 14.5%, the latter being the steepest gradient, that represent a total length of 2250 metres. Maximum permissible speed is 12km/h.
		The railway is strongly associated with the one of the most important historical sites of Modern Greece, the Mega Spileon Monastery, founded in the 5th century, where the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire commenced in 1821.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Forum/7209/DIAKOFTO.htm (625 words)

	Cog railway
		A cog railway or rack and pinion railway is a mountain railway with a special centre rack rail[?] mounted in the middle of the sleepers[?] between the regular rails.
		Mount Washington in New Hampshire, built in 1869, the only railway in the world built entirely on a trestle (3.1 miles or 5.2 km long).
		The Nilgiri branch of the South Indian Railway, between Mettupalayam[?] and Conoor[?] in Tamil Nadu.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ra/Rack_railway.html (147 words)

	[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ - Miscellaneous items
		Rack railway systems use a geared wheel on the loco to engage with a rack, a toothed rail or rails set in the track, where the grade is too steep for the normal adhesion (friction) between wheels and rails to be used.
		A 'rack and adhesion' system is one where not all of the track has a rack, and normal working using adhesion or friction between the rails and the driver wheels of the loco is used in some parts.
		The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a rack and adhesion railway.
	www.irfca.org /faq/faq-misc.html (4774 words)

	The Ultimate Rack Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		A rack and pinion is a certain type of gear used for steering in automobiles.
		In oenology, to rack means to transfer a liquid, such as wine, from one container to another by siphoning or pumping, especially to move it away from lees.
		A rack is a set of plastic loops attached to the waistband of a climber's harness for hanging protection equipment on by means of karabiners, or a set of protection equipment for hanging on a rack.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Rack (177 words)

	The Ambarawa Rack Railway
		The first railway line to Ambarawa, from Semarang, was built for this strategic reason, which was the same reason for the building of line from Yogyakarta to Ambarawa, which required construction of the short (7 km) rack section, the only such example in Java.
		At Jambu, 4.5 kilometres west of Ambarawa, the train halts, and the locomotive is switched to the rear of the train, for the climb to Bedono.
		Rack locomotives are always located on the valley side of the train, for safety reasons.
	members.tripod.com /~keretapi/ambarawa.html (719 words)

	Snowdon Two: Rack Engines
		Railway knows no timetables, being governed instead by the stern dictates of the mountain itself.
		It might seem that all that one would need to convert a conventional locomotive into a rack engine is a pinion mounted on each driving axle to engage the rack.
		As a result, the rack pinion and the ordinary wheels have to rotate independently." In fact, the "driving wheels" of SMR's engines are not rigidly fixed to their axles at all, but rather rotate freely, supported by specialized bearings built into the axle itself.
	www.steamsafari.com /wales/snowdon/snow2.htm (683 words)

	Album 17C - The "Pioneer Railway" and the Rack Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Pioneer Railway was a metre-gauge line which threaded through the mountains to the west of Buda.
		The railway was, I suppose, a bit like our "Air Cadets" - it was a way for those children interested in working on the railway to learn some of the disciplines and get a head start when applying for posts on leaving school.
		The area was a main leisure park for Budapest, the Rack Railway connected with a tram service from the city at the foot of the hills, and with the park and Children's Railway at the top.
	www.garry-brookes.com /id179.htm (476 words)

	German rack railway collision - 13 hurt (07/08/99)
		Diakofto - Kalavryta Rack and Adhesion Railway (Greece)
		A train which was descending the railway came to a halt close to a tunnel due to a mechanical problem.
		Rack railways are used in steep mountain locations where normal adhesion between the wheels and the track is a problem.
	danger-ahead.railfan.net /reports/rep99/zugspitze990801.html (265 words)

	Mount Morgan Railway
		Later, when a railway line from Rockhampton to Mount Morgan became a necessity, it was decided to build the line from the nearest point on the western line, which was Kabra.
		In descending the range, the Abt rack engine was attached to the front of the standard engine, while ascending the range, the rack engine was attached to the rear of the train.
		The Abt rack locomotive, developed principally in Switzerland, was a powerful locomotive, having adhesive wheels and an independently powered engine beneath the boiler which drove pinions (toothed wheels) set between the adhesive wheels.
	www.mountmorgan.com /railwayHist.html (858 words)

	Pike's Peak Cog Railway, Pikes Peak Colorado, Railroad, Train, Colorado Springs, Travel Manitou Springs, Vacation
		A cog, or rack, railroad uses a gear, "cog wheel", meshing into a special rack rail (mounted in the middle between the outer rails) to climb much steeper grades than those possible with a standard adhesion railroad.
		The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway is, however, the highest rack railway in the world as well as the highest railway in North America and the Northern Hemisphere.
		Spencer Penrose, owner of The Broadmoor Hotel, had acquired the Railway in 1925 and efforts were begun to build a compact, self-contained railcar, which could carry fewer passengers during the slow parts of the season.
	www.cograilway.com /history.htm (873 words)

	Pictures of the Mount Washington Cog Railway
		Note in the pictures that the center cog rack has to be set as well as the outer rails.
		the first cog or rack railway in the United States, begun in 1866 and first operated in 1869.
		The steepest cog railway in the world is the Mt. Pilatus Railway in Lucerne, Switzerland.
	www.polar.sunynassau.edu /~fanellis/cog_railway.html (503 words)

	Mountain Railroad - Rack Railroad - Kahlenberg
		THE Kahlenberg, near Vienna, is a mountain which rises abruptly from the banks of the Danube, and which, on account of the splendid views to be seen from the summit, is a great resort of holiday seekers.
		A rope railway was opened in 1873, and it ascends the mountain on the northwestern side, it being, in fact, situated on the flank of the Leopoldsberg and not of the Kaldenberg proper.
		The rack is constructed very similarly to that of the Rigi Railway already described in our pages, and it weighs 55 kils.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/mrkahl.Html (919 words)

	Cog Railway
		The Mount Washington Cog Railway is the first and oldest cog or rack railway in the world.
		Located in the center of the steel rails is a cog rack.
		The locomotives and cars are equipped with cogs that engage into the rack.
	www.cog-railway.com /what.html (804 words)

	Blue Mountain Railway
		Following a study tour of rack railway systems in the German Harz Mountains, the builders decided to adopt the technically superior New Abt System which was also compatible with the usual meter gauge railway track system.
		Operating on a rack and pinion system used only in high altitudes, the railway has a unique technical system created especially to hold the train from rolling backward on the hills.
		This is called the rack and pinion system and provides for extra adhesion required by the engine to draw the trainload over the steep Nilgiris.
	www.indiaforvisitors.com /travel/train/bluemountain.htm (842 words)

	Manitou and Pike's Peak Cog Railway
		The maximum grades at the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway are 25% which is the practical limit for the Abt system.
		Number 4 is in storage at the railway and still in operational condition.
		And today, after over 110 years of service, the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway is still the highest railway in the US and highest rack railway in the world.
	www.discoverlivesteam.com /magazine/44.html (1180 words)

	MDA Railway Object Name Thesaurus: Alphabetical list - R
		A flat plate fixed directly to the railway sleeper, with a recess in which the flat-bottomed rail sits.A metal casting which supports and holds a flat bottom rail on a sleeper.
		A railway vehicle dedicated to the carriage of rerailing equipment required during recovery of derailed locomotives or vehicles.
		A railway vehicle designed to support the first vehicle in a train of road/rail trailers where the front end of each subsequent trailer is supported by the one in front.
	www.mda.org.uk /railway/railobjr.htm (3538 words)

	Indonesia tries to save historic rack railway
		But for travellers with more discriminating tastes, specifically a thirst for the country's railway history, an historic town on the main island of Java is the place to be.
		One of the lesser known tourist attractions might be the Ambarawa Railway Museum in Central Java, which was established three decades ago to preserve the era when steam locomotive trains dominated transport through the Java countryside.
		The museum has four rack locomotives in serviceable condition, two of which are from the B25 class - the B2502 and B2503 - built by Esslingen of Germany in 1902 and 1906.
	travel.monstersandcritics.com /features/article_1198033.php/... (909 words)

	rack up definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		The company racked up sales of $8 million in its first year of trading.
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861697672/rack_up.html (78 words)

	Snowdon: History
		The SMR was the brainchild of Sir Richard Moon, a wealthy executive with the London and North Western Railway, and Mr.
		Assheton-Smith and their backers imported from Switzerland a fully-working 800mm-gauge mountain cog railway based on the patented rack-and-pinion technology of Dr. Roman Abt.
		From various railway works around Switzerland came track and specialwork; from the firm of SLM Winterthur came steam engines of the 0-4-2 rack design.
	www.steamsafari.com /wales/snowdon/snowA.htm (367 words)

	Experience Colorado Springs \| Pikes Peak Cog Railway
		The first cog (or "rack") railway was built in New Hampshire in 1869, but the Swiss were quick to make use of this technology, and numerous rack railways were built there.
		The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway is, however, the highest rack railway in the world as well as the highest railway in North America.
		The modern age of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway began with the requisition of railcars from the Swiss Locomotive Works in Winterthur, Switzerland, in the early 1960's.
	www.experiencecoloradosprings.com /travel.asp?pageid=17\|57\|113\|153 (781 words)

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