rack railway

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noun

cog railway.

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Origin of rack railway

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby rack railway

rack locomotive, rack off, rack one's brain, rack out, rack rail, rack railway, rack-rent, rack saw, rack up, rackwork, raclette

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How to use rack railway in a sentence

Bake on the center rack of the oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until set.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Pumpkin Pecan Pie|Carla Hall|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All in all, approximately 13,000 Allied POWs and 90,000 Asian laborers perished while working on the railway.
Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Manttan is keen to carry out research on that Burmese side of the railway as his father worked on that section.
Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A dam now in place on the Thai side of the line prevents the railway from being reconstructed in its entirety, he explains.
Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They recorded 10,549 graves on or near the railway in 144 cemeteries, failing to locate only 52 graves.
Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On his arrival at the local railway station he was met by his lordship in person.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Be that as it may, the Railway Clearing House, as a practical entity, came into being in 1842.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Four-wheeled railway carriages are, I was going to say, a thing of the past; but that is not so.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
From pre-natal days I was destined for the railway service, as an oyster to its shell.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The whole thing begins to have a jigsaw look, like a child's toy rack with wooden soldiers on it, expanding and contracting.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

British Dictionary definitions for rack railway

rack railway

noun

a steep mountain railway having a middle rail fitted with a rack that engages a pinion on the locomotive to provide tractionAlso called: cog railway

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