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rack railway

railway with a toothed rack rail, usually with steep grade and low operating speed
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rack railway

Summary

rack railway ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (969 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rack railway is a type of steep grade railway[2].
  • rack railway is a type of railway[3].
  • rack railway is a type of rail network[4].
  • rack railway is used for hillclimbing[5].
  • rack railway's Commons category is recorded as Rack rail transport[6].
  • rack railway is the opposite of adhesion railway[7].
  • rack railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rack railways[8].
  • rack railway's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • rack railway's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • rack railway's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • rack railway's uses is recorded as cogwheel[12].
  • rack railway's uses is recorded as rack and pinion[13].
  • rack railway's uses is recorded as rack system[14].
  • rack railway's uses is recorded as funicular station[15].
  • rack railway's has list is recorded as list of rack railways[16].
  • rack railway's vehicle normally used is recorded as rack rail vehicle[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include steep grade railway[2], railway[3], and rail network[4]. rack railway is the opposite of adhesion railway[7].

Use and Application

rack railway is used for hillclimbing[5].

Why It Matters

rack railway ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (969 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → cogwheel, rack and pinion, rack system +1
    Subclass of → steep grade railway, railway, rail network
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27376, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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