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scenic railway|ˈsiːnɪk ˈreɪlweɪ|
[f. scenic a. + railway n.]
A switchback or miniature railway running through artificial representations of beautiful or spectacular scenery, as an attraction at fairs, etc.
1894Official Guide Calif. Midwinter Exposition 130 (heading) Scenic railway. Ibid., It must not be supposed that gravity alone is the motive power in the Scenic Railway. 1908Westm. Gaz. 6 July 2/2 The Scenic Railway at the Exhibition. 1917Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. II. 158 The popularity of such amusements as ‘scenic railways’, the sole attraction of which lies in the fright on the steep inclines, suggests that fear may be pleasant—at least retrospectively. 1923H. C. Witwer in Cosmopolitan Aug. 46/1 You're a woman, a good looker with more curves than a scenic railway. 1926T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (1935) iii. xxxii. 184 About their crests ran narrow veins of granite-coloured stone, generally in pairs, following the contour of the skyline like the rusted metals of an abandoned scenic railway. 1930E. Waugh Labels 200 There were switch-backs and scenic railways on which empty cars swooped and swerved through breath-taking descents. 1968[see galloper 1 b]. 1973‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer iii. 33 Shaftesbury Avenue..was like going through a ‘scenic’ railway in a Brobdingnagian fun-fair. 1980Times 4 Oct. 12/8 One of the sights worth seeing was the drunks on the new 60 mph ‘Super-looping’ scenic railway. |