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Cog Railway

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Noun

1. cog railway, rack railway

railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cog Railway

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noun
mainly US other terms for rack railway

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Cog Railway

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a railway for a very steep grade with traction supplied by a central cogged rail that meshes with a cogwheel on the engine

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cog Railway

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n.
A railway designed to operate on steep slopes and having a locomotive with a center cogwheel that engages with a cogged center rail to provide traction. Also called rack railway.

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