Rack railway and Railroad

Rack railway

Rack railway noun - Railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction.
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Synonyms for Rack railway

Railroad and rack railway are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Railroad" instead a noun phrase "Rack railway".

Railroad

Railroad noun - A roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel.
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Synonyms for Railroad

Rack railway and railroad are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Rack railway" with "Railroad", this terms are similar.

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