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| (...) A) What's a rack railway? B) What're the details on the one in Houghton? Did they run it up the side of the MEEM? Nah, then the ROTC's wouldn't have anything to rappel... Steve (25 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Well, duh. It's a railway with a rack. Seriously. :-) More detail... these are sometimes also called "cog" railways. They are so called because in addition to the two weight bearing rails there is a central rack (linear toothed) that a powered (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) :p (...) OK, 'cog railway' is a term I know. Thanks for straightening me out. Seems like someone has done this in LEGO. Maybe if I followed trains more closely, I'd remember who. (...) Cool. Sounds like a "the yesterday that never was" sort of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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