rack railroads

Identification code: 300008594

Español: trenes de cremallera | Català: cremallera (sistema de transport per rails)

Hierarchy classification:

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Objects Facet
Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name)
systems (equipment)
[systems by function]
infrastructural systems
transit systems (infrastructure)
public transit (infrastructure)
[public transit by form]
rail transit systems
light rail transit

Alternative term/s

cog railroads
rack railroad
rack railway
rack-railroads
railroads, cog
railroads, rack
railways, rack

Anotations

Scope note:

Light rail transit in which the vehicles climb grades too steep for normal rail traction modes by means of rotating gears mounted on the train that mesh with a rack between the rails.

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