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1 rack-railway, railroad
[raekréilwei, -réilroud]nounželezniška proga z zobatimi tračnicami -
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1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) železnica2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) železnica* * *I [réilwei]nounBritish English železniška proga, železnicaat railway speed — s hitrostjo železnice, figuratively z veliko hitrostjo, bliskovito, hitrocable-railway, electric street railway, elevated railway, narrow-gauge railway, rack-railway, suspended railway, underground railway — žična, električna cestna, nadzemeljska, ozkotirna, zobata, viseča, podzemeljska železnicaII [réilwei]adjectiveželezniškirailway board — žel. direkcijarailway car — železniški voz, vagonrailway company — žel. družbarailway crossing — žel. križiščerailway-engine — žel. lokomotivarailway gauge — širina žel. tirarailway guard — žel. čuvaj ali sprevodnikrailway guide British English žel. vozni redrailway junction — žel. križiščerailway-line — žel. progarailway sleeper — žel. pragrailway station — žel. postajarailway switch — žel. kretnicarailway ticket — žel. vozovnicarailway time-table — žel. vozni redrailway terminus — končna žel. postajarailway traffic — žel. prometIII [réilwei]intransitive verbpotovati, peljati se z železnico; graditi železniške proge
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Rack railway — track using the Lamella system rack … Wikipedia
rack railway — n. COG RAILWAY * * * … Universalium
rack railway — n. COG RAILWAY … English World dictionary
rack railway — rack′ rail way n. rai cog railway • Etymology: 1880–85 … From formal English to slang
rack railway — noun Date: 1884 a railway having between its rails a rack that meshes with a gear wheel or pinion of the locomotive for traction on steep grades … New Collegiate Dictionary
rack-railway — /ræk ˈreɪlweɪ/ (say rak raylway) noun a steep railway fitted with a rack rail …
rack railway — noun railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction • Syn: ↑cog railway • Hypernyms: ↑railway, ↑railroad, ↑railroad line, ↑railway line, ↑railway system … Useful english dictionary
rack railway. — See cog railway. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
rack railway — noun a railway for steep slopes, having a toothed rail between the bearing rails which engages with a cogwheel under the locomotive … English new terms dictionary
rack railway. — See cog railway. [1880 85] … Useful english dictionary
Stuttgart Rack Railway — The Stuttgart Rack Railway ( Zahnradbahn in German) is a rack railway in Stuttgart, Germany. It is the only urban rack railway in Germany and it is powered by electricity.Affectionately called Zacke ( spike ) by the residents of Stuttgart, the… … Wikipedia