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 Definitions of cog railway  [ʊˈgoʊn]  

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Definition of 'cog railway' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cog railway
a railroad having locomotives with a cogged center driving wheel engaging with a cogged rail to provide traction for climbing steeper grades.

Etymology:  (1895–1900, Amer.)

Definition of 'cog railway' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cog railway, rack railway
railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction

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