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Title: The romance of modern locomotion; containing interesting descriptions (in non-technical language) of the rise and development of the railroad systems in all parts of the world
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Williams, Archibald
Subjects: Railroads Communication and traffic
Publisher: London : C. A. Pearson, ltd.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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made tourists shy of it, but now it is muchpatronised as a saver of time and bodily fatigue tothose who are ambitious to reach the highest pointin England and Wales. Busy little locomotives of150 h.p. push two carriages, capable of accommo-dating over 100 persons, up the incline in about anhour. The system of rack-rail used is named afterits inventor, Mr. Abt. This rack consists of two ormore parallel toothed rails laid close together, which break joint, i.e. have their teeth not opposite, sothat the cogs on the engine pinions keep a continualgrip of the rack, with the result that the running isfree from jar or vibration. The excellence of thesystem is proved by its adoption in nearly half ofthe rack railways of the world. If you desire to make the acquaintance of a cablerailway go to Lynmouth in North Devon, where youwill be lifted by one to the Lynton heights above; orto the Devils Dyke, near Brighton, where anotherhoists pleasure-seekers from the Weald up on to theSouth Downs. 154
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Photo by\ (^- ^O A Cutting on the Raihvay over the Briinig Pass, betiveen Lucerne and BrienzThe Riggenbach central rack is used only on the steepest gradients. \To face p. 154. Mountain Railways But outside England you will have greater oppor-tunities, notably in Switzerland. There you mayhave your choice of the Pilatus, overlooking theLake of Lucerne; or the Saleve, near Geneva ; orthe Stanserhorn, or the Briinig, or the Gornergrat,or the Righi, or the Jungfrau. The Pilatus—so named from the legend of PontiusPilates spirit being condemned to roam its heightsin solitary contemplation of his sins—rises to thesouth-west of the beautiful Lake of Lucerne. Upthis a railway was built in the years 1886-1888, onan average gradient of i in 2^ths, though in placesthe track rises at the rate of one foot in every two.From the lower terminus, Alpnachstaad, to the upper,Pilatus Kulm, is a distance of three miles. A writerin the JVtde World Magazine thus describes it:— From the lake shore upwa

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