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mountain railway

railway that operates in a mountain region
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mountain railway

Summary

mountain railway has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • mountain railway is a type of railway[2].
  • mountain railway is a type of steep grade railway[3].
  • mountain railway is used for hillclimbing[4].
  • mountain railway's Unicode character is recorded as 🚞[5].
  • mountain railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mountain railways[6].
  • mountain railway's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • mountain railway's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include railway[2] and steep grade railway[3].

Use and Application

mountain railway is used for hillclimbing[4].

Why It Matters

mountain railway has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → railway, steep grade railway
    Aliases → —
    Has use → hillclimbing
    Topic's main category → Category:Mountain railways
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0426705-horske-zeleznice, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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