Mountain Railway
Specialized form of railway for ascending mountains.
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A mountain railway is a railway that ascends and descends a mountain slope that has a steep grade. Such railways can use a number of different technologies to overcome the steepness of the grade.
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Ladder - Term sometimes given to rack rail of mountain railway system.
Ladder Track - A track connecting a number of parallel sidings or stubs in a yard or terminal.
Currently wearing the green and yellow applied by former owner Green Mountain Railway, the new paint scheme will be based on New York Central lightning stripes and CMRR colors.
Below is a photo of the REAL Green Mountain Railway, taken in March in Bellows Falls, VT.
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Gateway 2001 and the NMRA wish to thank the generous sponsors of the 2001 Junior College Program: Athearn, Atlas, Bachman, Digitrax, InterMountain Railway Co.
Knuckle Coupler - Designed to look like prototypical railway couplers, both operational (e.g., Accurail® Accumate, Kato, and Micro-Trains® Line Magne-Matic®) and non-operational dummy (e.g., Intermountain Railway Co. and Model Die Casting Inc.
A mechanism which allows trains to negotiate steeper gradients than normal, and therefore typically found in mountain railways. A driven cog wheel (or pinion) on the locomotive engages with a third rail which is in the form of a toothed rack.
 See also: Train, Operation, Track, Switch, Special
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