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atmospheric railway

railway that uses differential air pressure to provide power for propulsion of a railway vehicle
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atmospheric railway

Summary

atmospheric railway ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (730 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • atmospheric railway is in the country of Brazil[2].
  • atmospheric railway is a type of railway[3].
  • atmospheric railway's Commons category is recorded as Atmospheric rail transport[4].
  • atmospheric railway's powered by is recorded as pneumatics[5].
  • atmospheric railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Atmospheric rail transport[6].
  • atmospheric railway's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • atmospheric railway's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[8].

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Definition and Type

atmospheric railway is a type of railway[3].

Why It Matters

atmospheric railway ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (730 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Brazil

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition
    Topic's main category → Category:Atmospheric rail transport
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Wagon-directeur-chemin-atmospherique.jpg"
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