List of rack railways

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This is a list of rack railways, both operating and closed.

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Angola

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Brazil

Corcovado Rack Railway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Trem do Corcovado na Estacao Paineiras 01.jpg
Corcovado Rack Railway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Chile

China

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Stuttgart Rack Railway with wagon to transport bicycles Stuttgart Zahnradbahn Pfaffenweg.jpg
Stuttgart Rack Railway with wagon to transport bicycles

Greece

Hungary

Indonesia

The State Railways of West Sumatra in 1898 COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De spoorlijn door de Kloof van de Anei bij Fort de Kock Sumatra TMnr 60039358.jpg
The State Railways of West Sumatra in 1898

Both railways used the Riggenbach system.

Italy

Rack railway Saline-Volterra, built with Strub system. Italy, about 1920 Treno in transito sulla ferrovia Saline-Volterra.jpg
Rack railway Saline-Volterra, built with Strub system. Italy, about 1920

Japan

Lebanon

Mexico

Panama

Philippines

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

South Africa

Spain

Switzerland

United Kingdom

LocationName of systemDate openedDate closedNotes
Beamish, County Durham Beamish Cog Railway

United States

The Mount Washington Cog Railway in 2006 Mount Washington Cog Railway Start.jpg
The Mount Washington Cog Railway in 2006

Venezuela

LocationName of systemDate openedDate closedNotes
Valencia Puerto Cabello and Valencia Railway 1883The Puerto Cabello and Valencia Railway (abandoned) was constructed in the 1880s. It used rack and pinion (Abt system) on a steep section at Trincheras. [13]

Vietnam

LocationName of systemDate openedDate closedNotes
Da Lat Da Lat–Thap Cham railway 1932The Đà Lạt-Tháp Chàm Railway in Southern Vietnam. Abandoned after the Vietnam War, although a 7 km section remains in use as a tourist attraction. Built in the 1920s, the 84 km line had a cogwheel part 34 km long, running through four tunnels with a total length of almost 1,000 meters, taking trains from the Krongpha Pass up the Ngoan Muc (Bellevue) Pass to Da Lat.

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