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    Rack railway (redirect from Abt rack system)
    teeth gradually into engagement. This was invented by Roman Abt, who also invented the Abt rack system. On pure-rack lines, the train's running rail wheels...
    30 KB (3,683 words) - 22:42, 17 October 2024
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    Funicular (redirect from Abt switch)
    of the 1870s, the four-rail parallel-track funicular was the normal configuration. Carl Roman Abt developed the Abt Switch allowing the two-rail layout...
    27 KB (3,134 words) - 09:11, 25 October 2024
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    Christian Abt (born 8 May 1967) is a former race car driver and entrepreneur born in Kempten, Germany. His elder brother Hans-Jürgen Abt runs the Abt Sportsline...
    18 KB (733 words) - 16:04, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dresden Funicular Railway
    hour in each direction. The line has the following technical parameters: Abt switch used in 1895 built Dresden Funicular Railway (photo of 1985) The line...
    6 KB (395 words) - 15:33, 3 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Monte Generoso railway
    (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in) gauge. It is a rack railway, with a maximum gradient of 22%, using the Abt design. The line is electrified using an 850 V DC overhead line, and is principally...
    14 KB (1,202 words) - 13:16, 4 June 2021
  • Thumbnail for Furka Steam Railway
    Line length 17.838 km (11.084 mi) Character Heritage railway Rack system Abt Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Highest elevation 2,160 m (7...
    6 KB (643 words) - 02:08, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gornergrat Railway
    434 ft) of double track, and traverses an altitude difference of 1,469 m (4,820 ft). It is built to metre gauge (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) and uses the Abt rack system...
    12 KB (728 words) - 07:50, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Montserrat Rack Railway
    adhesion. The remainder of the line is operated as a rack railway using the Abt system, overcoming a height difference of 550 m (1,804 ft) with a maximum...
    7 KB (725 words) - 18:23, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Snowdon Mountain Railway
    rails are fastened to steel sleepers. The line uses the Abt rack system devised by Roman Abt, a Swiss locomotive engineer. The system comprises a length...
    55 KB (5,951 words) - 14:40, 11 November 2024
  • powertrains to ABT, who had previously used Mahindra powertrains but ended that affiliation, and the team will enter the season as Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E...
    20 KB (1,540 words) - 09:21, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Furka Oberalp Railway
    second-class coaches B 4251–58 composite driving trailers ABt 4151–54 composite driving trailers ABt 4191–94 All this rolling stock was, for motive power and...
    11 KB (1,493 words) - 17:10, 23 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brig–Zermatt railway line
    Brünigbahn and the Rübelandbahn in the Harz, which was equipped with the Abt rack rail system. These visits led to a decision to equip the line with the...
    60 KB (8,235 words) - 20:05, 14 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Carl Roman Abt
    Carl Roman Abt (16 July 1850 – 1 May 1933) was a Swiss mechanical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He made groundbreaking innovations in rack-and-pinion...
    6 KB (536 words) - 01:07, 6 July 2023
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    and fully automated, whilst the old three-rail tracks were replaced with the current two-rail tracks. On 21 October 1996 the railway reopened and is...
    10 KB (652 words) - 23:13, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Transandine Railway
    Ferrocarril Trasandino) was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge combined rack (Abt system) and adhesion railway which operated from Mendoza in Argentina, across...
    15 KB (1,630 words) - 14:25, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brienz Rothorn Railway
    the mountain railway pioneer Roman Abt, who had responsibility for equipping the line with his newly developed Abt double lamella rack system. The line...
    13 KB (882 words) - 23:56, 26 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vall de Núria Rack Railway
    adhesion. The remainder of the line is operated as a rack railway, using the Abt system and with a maximum gradient of 15%. In total the line overcomes a...
    10 KB (502 words) - 20:03, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Misty Copeland
    September 10, 1982) is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States...
    126 KB (12,413 words) - 00:48, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lugano Città–Stazione funicular
    unusual, as its single short platform is situated alongside the northern track of the passing loop, and can thus only be served by alternate services in...
    10 KB (840 words) - 03:29, 24 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Bürgenstock Funicular
    famous hotels. The funicular was opened in 1888 and was originally had an Abt rack braking rail. The funicular is electric and automatic, but until the...
    6 KB (402 words) - 04:22, 4 November 2024
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