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Definition of cog railway in English: cog railwaynoun another term for rack railway Example sentencesExamples - We stopped along the way to peek at the cog railway that goes up Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
- The town has a festive feel, but if you need to get away, take the cog railway up the mountain where the midday lunch lasts several hours.
- You have to pay a supplement for the Swiss leg of the route, before being hauled up the side of a huge cliff on a cog railway.
- Pikes Peak is home to one of Colorado's largest bighorn sheep herds, and riders on the cog railway frequently see many of these animals.
- Stepping off the cog railway at 12,500 feet, I'm on the rooftop of the Alps - this is the highest lift-serviced terrain in Europe.
Definition of cog railway in US English: cog railwaynounkäɡ ˈrālˌwā A railroad with a toothed central rail between the bearing rails that engages with a cogwheel under the locomotive, providing traction for ascending very steep slopes. Example sentencesExamples - The town has a festive feel, but if you need to get away, take the cog railway up the mountain where the midday lunch lasts several hours.
- We stopped along the way to peek at the cog railway that goes up Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
- Pikes Peak is home to one of Colorado's largest bighorn sheep herds, and riders on the cog railway frequently see many of these animals.
- You have to pay a supplement for the Swiss leg of the route, before being hauled up the side of a huge cliff on a cog railway.
- Stepping off the cog railway at 12,500 feet, I'm on the rooftop of the Alps - this is the highest lift-serviced terrain in Europe.
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