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Once upon a time, Larry Pieniazek <lpien@ctp.IWANTNOSPAM.com> wrote:
> What I like better, though, are rack railways. Rode one last summer in
> Houghton MI, it was brand new. Very cool. Think of all the 1x4 rack
> tiles you'd need to build one, though..
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
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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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| (...) There used to be one of these at Niagara Falls, somewhere, and I rode it when I was about 7 or so. Pretty neat, especially when you get to the middle and the other car passes you. I think there is one in Pittsburgh too. What I like better, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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