rack railway
noun
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 saw,
rack up,
rack-and-pinion,
rack-rent,
rackboard
Example sentences from the Web for rack railway
The Harz is penetrated by several railways, among them a rack-railway up the Brocken, opened in 1898.
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 traction
Also called: cog railway