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gravity railroad

American  

noun

  1. a railroad depending partly on the force of gravity for motive power.


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At Coney Island, in 1884, Thompson built an uphill-&-downdale gravity railroad on a wooden structure 600 ft. long, the world's first roller coaster.

From Time Magazine Archive

Back when things were still civilized, the rich folks from town used to come up and stay their weekends in grand hotels, and ride on the gravity railroad.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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