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Sonderbauarten: Bei den Treidellokstrecken des Panamakanals werden zur Überwindung der Höhenunterscheide an den Schleusen spezielle Zahnstangen verwendet, die jedoch auch auf dem System von Riggenbach beruhen. Daneben gab es noch eine leicht veränderte Bauweise der Riggenbachschen Zahnstange, der Bauart "Riggenbach-Klose" genannt wurde. ("Copy and Paste")
JANE'S WORLD RAILWAYS (hard copy) lists the railways of Switzerland and other countries and, where applicable, tells which one of the Rack systems is (or was) used. It may be usefull to include this info railway by railway. --Peter Horn02:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)Reply
If Fell is put in a separate category, then that category will have but one member. Better to keep it with all the other "Grade Assisted" technologies.
No problem with that. Was just concerned that there might be some rack railway purists or something (who might not have previously been aware of the nature of the Rimutaka Incline). It's better now that it's linked through to the article anyway. --Limegreen04:46, 3 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 18 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Would someone read the text of this patent and see if any info contained therein is of relevance to the article?
U.S. patent 1Locomotive Steam-Engine for Rail and Other Roads.
At a minumum, the early date seems useful. The patent text documents that rack systems predate this 1836 patent, which is much earlier than the current Rack Railway article mentions. Zzorse03:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
Any body able to incorporate all these images properly in the English language article?
They were succesfully included in the French language version. Peter Horn 17:46, 28 April 2006 (UTC)Peter Horn 19:11, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
I guess nobody was able to find time to make these immages visible in the English language Wiki --Peter Horn 18:12, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Both it:Ferrovia a cremagliera & fr:Chemin de fer à crémaillère contain immages that were sucessfully transferred from de:Zahnradbahn but which have not yet been incorporated in this article, see above. Can someone help? Peter Horn 15:03, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello Slambo, can you help?
Peter Horn 19:02, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Translation from German (or in some cases from French) to English required (Rack railway)
Latest comment: 12 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
I half-remember adding some comments here about limiting grades, wheel slip, loco weight, sand boxes etc. and hence the need for positive contact traction and braking on steep tracks. I hoped that someone would follow it up and explain in the article why conventional railways do not work on hills and the need for expedients like the rack. If I did, its gone now. Someone should include a simple engineering explaination in the article. The present phrase "This allows the trains to operate on steep gradients." is true but it is almost meaningless. 77.97.161.23015:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)mikeLReply
Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
In 1802 the Blenkinsop rack system was devised when it was thought that friction on even level track would not be enough to haul a useful load.
In 1830 the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was built with 1 in 100 gradients at Rainhill suitable for cable haulage just in case adhesion working would not work.
In 1830 the line down to the Liverpool docks with its 1 in 50 grades did have cable haulage for a few decades.
In 1840 the section from Euston to Campden Town with its 1 in 50 grades did have cable haulage for a few decades.
Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
"but it became a curiosity because simple friction was found to be sufficient for railroads operating on level ground."
the reason whey middleton had rack system even though the gradient was sufficient for adhesion is because of the rails
on the early railway, the rails were cast iron which would break easily. as coal trains got heavier, locos needed to get more powerful but that meant also getting bigger and heavier to get the adhesion to pull them because early engines had terrible power to weight ratios and fuel consumption but the rails werent strong enough for that. the cast rails limited the loco size. as the railway continued to use the rack, the quality of rail metals improved like wrought iron and steel, and the quality of engines improved only then did they realize they could stop using it
nowadays with strong steel rail and better power to weight ratio engines the weight of those early coal trains would be easy to pull without the rack — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.164.27 (talk) 15:35, 14 September 2016 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
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Latest comment: 5 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
The article is getting quite long. I propose we split out the "List of cog and rack railways" into its own article - currently it feels like two very different articles here, so I think the split is justified even beyond sheer size. Thoughts? Railfan23 (talk) 15:19, 15 April 2019 (UTC)Reply
Giant lists tacked onto the end of encylopedia articles are The Wikipedia Way, but rarely a good thing. Split it, then hope it can get thrown away later in favour of categories, which will work much better. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:42, 15 April 2019 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 5 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
I was browsing a random article (this one) on wikipedia, and found a bit of a mistake: Some details haven’t been updated correctly! It says things like “projected to open in 2015” and “may use”, as opposed to, say, “opened in 2016” and “is using”. Can somebody please update it? No wonder it’s only a “Start”-class article. Worse, it’s “high-importance”. 73.208.153.86 (talk) 23:25, 23 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
Anyone can edit Wikipedia articles, including you. That said, you'll need a source to confirm things like "opened in 2016" etc. Railfan23 (talk) 23:27, 23 June 2019 (UTC)Reply