List of rack railways

Rack railway to the Zugspitze .

This article lists cog railways sorted by continent and country.

Explanation of symbols

• In the column tracks mean:
  • R = pure cog railway, d. H. with rack along the entire length.
  • G = mixed adhesion and cog railway, d. H. with rack on sections.
  • The number behind it stands for the number of tracks.

• In the System column :
  • A2 = abbot , 2 slats
  • A3 = abbot, 3 slats
  • P = Peter
  • R = Riggenbach
  • S = Strub
  • VR = from roll

• Railways that are still in operation as cog railways are highlighted in bold .

Rack railways in Europe

Germany

BL	Place, route	Track -wide [mm]	Tracks	Length [km]	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Operator Article Comments
BW	Wasseralfingen , Wasseralfingen iron and steel works	1000	G	3.6	R.	1876	1924	first rack railway in the German Empire
BW	Freiburg (Breisgau) main station - Neustadt (Black Forest) one section: Hirschsprung - Hinterzarten (7.2 km)	1435	G 1	34.9	Bissinger-Klose	1887	1932	DB Höllentalbahn 1932 conversion to friction operation
BW	Reutlingen - Kleinengstingen one section: Honau– Lichtenstein (2.2 km)	1435	G 1	15.4	Bissinger-Klose	1893	1969	Echazbahn route dismantled
BW	Rastatt - Freudenstadt one section: Friedrichstal - Freudenstadt Hbf (5.9 km)	1435	G 1	58.2	R-Klose	1901	1924	Murgtalbahn 1924 changeover to friction operation
BW	Stuttgart - Degerloch	1000	R 1	2.2	R.	1884	today	SSB Zahnradbahn Stuttgart the only cogwheel railway in regular service in a major German city. Operates with 750 V = , in 1902 electrified with 600 V =
BY	Waching - Wendelstein two sections: Waching - just before Aipl Aipl - Wendelstein (3.5 km)	1000	G 1	9.9	S.	1912	today	Wendelsteinbahn AG Wendelsteinbahn Adhesion line Brannenburg –Waching (2.3 km) discontinued in 1962, max. 237 ‰ slope Operation with 1500 V =
BY	Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Zugspitzplatt one section: Grainau - Zugspitzplatt (11.5 km)	1000	G 1	19.0	R.	1930	today	Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG Bayerische Zugspitzbahn [1] max. 250 ‰ slope Operation with 1500 V =
BY	Erlau - Wegscheid two sections: 1. Obernzell - Untergriesbach (3.8 km) 2. Wildenranna - Wegscheid (2.4 km)	1435	G 1	20.1	S.	1912	1965	Erlau – Wegscheid railway line 1953 Conversion of Pv to friction operation 1965 Cessation of operations after landslide 1973 Obernzell – Wegscheid shutdown 1975 Dismantling
BY	Kinsau train station - wood material factory one section (0.38 km)	1435	G 1	3.5	R.	1907	1929	Works railway of the paper mill Hegge Kinsauer Zahnradbahn first rack railway in Bavaria 1929 shutdown, route dismantled in 1932
HE	Dillenburg - Wallau one section: Herrnberg– Hirzenhain (≈3.0 km)	1435	G 1	32.5	A2	1910	1923	Scheldalbahn from 1923 friction operation dismantled today
HE	Rüdesheim - Niederwald Monument	1000	R 1	2.3	R.	1884	1939	NWB Niederwaldbahn dismantling around 1950
HE	Assmannshausen hunting castle	1000	R 1	1.5	R.	1885	1917	NWB   dismantling around 1920
NI	Silberhütte - Sankt Andreasberg	1435	G 1	1.7	A2	1913	1959	St. Andreasberger rack railway line dismantled
NW	Koenigswinter - Petersberg	1000	R 1	1,795	R.	1889	1958	BiS Petersbergbahn railway line dismantled, steepest rack railway in Germany max. 260 ‰ slope
NW	Königswinter - Drachenfels (Siebengebirge)	1000	R 1	1.520	R.	1883	today	Up to the Drachenfelsbahn   max. 200 ‰ gradient, oldest active cogwheel railway in Germany since 1953 operating with 750 V =
NW	Barmen - Toelleturm	1000	R 2	1.6	R.	1894	1959	BB Barmer Bergbahn first electrically operated rack railway in Germany. Operation with 600 V = dismantling around 1960
NW	Bochum cast steel factory - steel industry	1435	G	?	A2	1889	1930	BVG Bochumer Verein Werksbahn section, from 1930 on a different route with adhesion operation
NW	Gruhlwerk opencast mine	900	R.	?	S.	1927	1949	RBW   factory railway
NW	Fortuna Nord opencast mine	900	R.	?	S.	1949	1953	RBW   factory railway
NW	Herdorf - Grube Kunst one section: (0.2 km)	850	G	2.4	?	1882	1926	Kunstertalbahn Werkbahn
RP	Boppard - Simmern one section: Boppard - Buchholz (6.3 km)	1435	G 1	52.8	A2	1907	1931	Hunsrückbahn 1931 switched to friction operation
RP	Linz am Rhein - Flammersfeld two sections: 1. Kasbach - Kalenborn (≈5.1 km) 2. Elsaff - St. Katharinen (≈3.6 km)	1435	G 1	?	A2	1912	1931	Kasbachtalbahn 1931 Conversion to friction operation 1945 Termination of Mettelshahn – Flammersfeld 1950 Termination of Neustadt (Wied) –Mettelshahn 1960 Termination of Pv Linz (Rhine) –Neustadt (Wied)
RP	Brohl - Kempenich one section: Oberzissen - Engeln (5.7 km)	1000	G 1	24.0	A2	1901	1934	BEG   Brohltalbahn   1925 Introduction of friction operation on the steep section in Pv 1934 Changeover to friction operation 1961 Closure of Pv Brohl – Kempenich 1974 Closure of Gv Engeln – Kempenich line Brohl – Engeln is still in operation today, 1977 reopening of PV as Vulkan-Express
RP	Friedrichssegen , works railway of the Friedrichssegen mine	1000	G	?	R.	1880	1913	reduced
SN	Görlitz - Weißenberg one section: Königshain Wald – Hilbersdorf (≈ 0.9 km)	1435	G 1	27.7	A2	1904	1936	Görlitzer Kreisbahn railway line dismantled
ST	Blankenburg - fir several sections	1435	G 1	30.3	A3	1885	1920	Rübelandbahn line in operation, conversion to adhesion operation in 1920 [2]
ST	Mansfeld , Wolfschacht (progress shaft)			?				Mansfeld AG   Werkbahn, Ouelle: The former underground funiculars of Mansfeld AG ( Memento from September 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
ST	Mansfeld, Vitztumschacht (Thälmannschacht)	900	G	?				Mansfeld AG   Werkbahn, Ouelle: The former underground funiculars of Mansfeld AG ( Memento from September 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
ST	Mansfeld, Röhrig-Schacht (Thomas-Münzer-Schacht)			?				Mansfeld AG   Werkbahn, Ouelle: The former underground funiculars of Mansfeld AG ( Memento from September 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
ST	Mansfeld, Bernhard-Koenen-Schacht.			?				Mansfeld AG   Werkbahn, Ouelle: The former underground funiculars of Mansfeld AG ( Memento from September 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
SH	Wedel sugar factory	800/1300	G 2	0.75	A2	1901	1932	Sugar factory Schulau cogwheel train Sugar factory Schulau Werkbahn, Ouelle: [3]
TH	Suhl - Schleusingen one section: Suhl -Neundorf-Suhl-Friedberg (≈2.5 km)	1435	G 1	15.8	A2	1911	1928	Friedbergbahn out of service
TH	Plaue - Schleusingen three sections: 1. Stützerbach - Rennsteig (≈1.5 km) 2. Rennsteig - Schleusingen (≈2.1 km) 3. Schleusingen Ost– Schleusingen (≈1.0 km)	1435	G 1	51.0	A2	1904	1927	Rennsteigbahn conversion to adhesion operation, PV up to the 1990s, today only occasional traffic.
TH	Heiligenstadt – Schwebda two sections: 1. before Fürstenhagen (Eichsfeld) (≈1.2 km) 2. after Fürstenhagen (Eichsfeld) (≈0.5 km)	1435	G 1	32.1	A2	1914	1922	Heiligenstadt – Schwebda railway line dismantled
TH	Lehesten slate quarries	1435	G	?		1885	1951	dismantled [4]
TH	Lehesten slate quarries	690	G	?		1885	1951	dismantled [5]

Austria

BL	Place, route	Track -wide [mm]	Tracks	Length [km]	Height under- difference [m]	Summit height [ m above sea level Adriatic ]	largest tilt clothes [‰]	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Operation through	items	Remarks
Lower Austria	Puchberg - high snow mountain	1000	R 1	9.7	1219	1796	196	A2	1897	today	Lower Austrian Schneebergbahn GmbH (NÖSBB)	Schneebergbahn	commercial operation mainly with diesel trains. Regular nostalgic trains with steam locomotives
Upper Austria	Trimmel came	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	≈ 1986	?	Salzach Coal Mining Society (SAKOG)		Montana cog railway, delivered by Scharf in the late 1980s
S.	St. Wolfgang - Schafberg	1000	R 1	5.9	1190	1732	255	A2	1893	today	Salzkammergutbahn GmbH (SKGB)	Schafbergbahn	almost exclusively operated with steam locomotives. Parts of the route are in the federal states of Upper Austria and Salzburg
S.	( Salzburg -) Parsch - Gaisberg	1000	R 1	5.3	846	1275	250	R.	1887	1928	AG Gaisbergbahn company	Gaisbergbahn	Line dismantled in 1930
ST	Erzberg - Vordernberg seven sections (14.5 km)	align = "right" | 1435	G 1	20th	512	1204	71	A2	1891	1978	Erzbergbahn Association	Erzbergbahn	Today a museum railway, partly in operation as a tourist railway without a rack system
ST	Montanzahnradbahn on the Styrian Erzberg	900	R 3	?	?	?	?	?	?	?			First electrically operated rack railway in Austria
T	Jenbach - Achensee 1 section: Jenbach– Eben am Achensee (3.6 km)	1000	G 1	6.7	440	970	160	R.	1889	today	Achenseebahn AG	Achenseebahn	exclusive operation with steam locomotives
W.	( Vienna -) Nussdorf - Kahlenberg	1435	R 2	4.9	?	483	?	R.	1874	1922	Kahlenberg Railway Company	Kahlenbergbahn	Mainly two-track, plus a single-track section 0.6 km in length, line dismantled

Switzerland

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Great Britain

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	Height under arbitration in meters	Summit height in meters	greatest slope in ‰	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
England
Leeds - Hunslet	1435	1	1.54								Middleton Railway
Wales
Llanberis - Snowdon	800	R 1	7.4	950	1085	180	A2	1897	today		Snowdon Mountain Railway

Belgium

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	Height under arbitration in meters	Summit height in meters	greatest slope in ‰	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
Ougrée near Liège a section of 400 meters	1435	G 2	1.0	150		120	R.	1905	1928	SA d'Ougrée Marihaye		Works railway, dismantled in 1948

France

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	Height under arbitration in meters	Summit height in meters	greatest slope in ‰	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
Panoramique des Dômes Puy de Dôme	1000	R.	5.3	724	1414	155	S.	2012	today	SNC-Lavalin CFTA	Panoramique des Dômes	New line on the former road, which in turn was on a narrow-gauge railway that existed from 1907 to 1926
1st line Étrembières - Monnetier-Mairie - Treize-Arbres ( Mont Salève )	1000	R 1	6th				A2	1893	1937	SA des Chemins de fer du Salève	Chemin de fer du Salève (CFS)	First electrically operated rack railway in the world; Operation with conductor rail (600 V) from 1932 replaced by aerial cableway
2. Veyrier - Monnetier-Mairie line	1000	R 1	3				A2	1894	1932	SA des Chemins de fer du Salève	Chemin de fer du Salève (CFS)	from 1932 replaced by aerial cableway
Chamonix - Montenvers ( Mer de Glace ) Rack length: 4.8 km	1000	R 1	5.1		1909	220	S.	1909	today	Compagnie du Mont-Blanc	Chemin de fer du Montenvers (CM)	electrified with 11 kV 50 Hz alternating current (1953), electric multiple unit since 1954
Le Fayet - Nid d'Aigle Rack length: 10.0 km	1000	G 1	12.4			250	S.	1904	today	Compagnie du Mont-Blanc	Tramway du Mont Blanc (TMB)	electric multiple unit since 1956
Aix-les-Bains - Mont Revard	1000	R 1	9.35	1236	1496		A2	1893	1935	Société Anonyme des Chemins de fer de montagne et régionaux	Chemin de fer du Mont-Revard	Replaced by a cable car in 1937
Lyon (Saint-Jean-Saint-Just)	1000	G					A2	1900	1956		Saint-Jean – Saint-Just rack railway	Funicular from 1878–1899 and from 1958
Lyon , Métro Lyon , line C	1435	G	2,435				VR	1974	today			Funicular railway 1891–1971
Chambéry , Ciments Chiron	600	G	5	150			S.	1912	1924			Stone transport
Region Grand Est
Langres , station town	1000	G	1.47	133	468	172	R.	1887	1971		Langres rack railway	Operation from 1935 with 600 V direct current [6]
Münster - gorge pass	1000	G 1	10.8			220	S.	1907	1918			750 V DC operation
Region Hauts-de-France
Laon , train station town	1000	G 1	1.51			129	A2	1899	1971	Société du chemin de fer de Laon, later Régie des transports urbains de la ville de Laon	Laon rack railway	Operation with 500 V DC
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
St Ignace - La Rhune	1000	R.	4.2			300	S.	1924	today		Chemin de fer de la Rhune	electrified with three-phase current 3 kV 50 Hz
Occitania region
Bagnères-de-Luchon - Superbagnères	1000	R.	5.65	1170 (approx.)	1800		S.	1912	1966	"Société des chemins de fer et hôtels de montagne aux Pyrénées" (CFHMP)	Luchon – Superbagnères mountain railway
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Beausoleil - La Turbie	1000	R.					R.	1893	1935
Monaco , Monte Carlo	1000	G 1					S.	1902	1914

Spain

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	Height under arbitration in meters	Summit height in meters	greatest slope in ‰	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
Region of Andalusia
Granada - Alhambra	1000	G					R.	1907	1946
Vélez - Periana	1000	G					A2	1920	1960
Catalonia region
Ribes de Freser - Vall de Núria	1000	G 1	12.5	1059	1964	150	A2	1931	today	Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya	Cremallera de Núria	7 km with rack
Monistrol - Montserrat	1000	G * 1	5.0	550		156	A2	1892 2003	1957 today	Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya	Cremallera de Montserrat	Operation with 1500 V direct current, * originally a pure rack railway

Portugal

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
Madeira region
Funchal - Monte	1000			R.	1893	1943			Reconstruction is discussed
North region
Porto , Vila Nova de Gaia	1676			R.	1891	1___			Source: The locomotive 198/1907

Italy

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Trieste - Opicina 1 section: Piazza Scorcola – Vetta Scorcola (0.9 km)	1000	G 1	5	S.	1902	1928	Trieste Trasporti SpA (TT)	Trieste – Opicina railway line	Bahn still exists today; The steep section was converted into a funicular in 1928
Trieste , works railway of the shipyard Cantieri Riuniti, Stabilimento Tecnico in the port of Trieste	1435	G		R.	1926	1966
Regions of Calabria and Basilicata
Cosenza - Catanzaro 1 section: Catanzaro Pratica – Catanzaro Sala (2.0 km)	950	G 1	112.5	S.	1933	today	Ferrovie della Calabria (FC)	Cosenza – Catanzaro railway line	First steam operation, from 1981 railcars pushed by gear tractors, since the 1990s diesel railcars with adhesion and gear drive
Paola - Cosenza 3 sections	1435	G 1	35	S.	1915	1987	Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)	Paola – Cosenza railway line	Railway line shut down and replaced by a new line
Spezzano Albanese - Lagonegro 3 sections (almost 6 km)	950	G 1	104.7	S.	1915	1970	Ferrovie Calabro Lucane (FCL)	Lagonegro – Spezzano Albanese railway line	Railway line in operation from 1915 to 1952, the last section discontinued in 1978
Campania region
Pugliano - Vesuvio Interferiore 1 section: Centrale Elettrica - Osservatorio Eremo (1.6 km)	1000	G 1	7.7	S.	19__	19__	Società Ferrovia e Funicolare Vesuviana (SFFV)		Railway line in operation from 1912 to 1955
Liguria region
Genoa , Principe – Granarolo	1200	R 1	1.1	R.	1901	today	Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti Genova (AMT)	Principe – Granarolo rack railway
region Piedmont
Stresa - Mottarone 4 sections: 1. Stresa - Vedasco -Binda (1.8 km) 2. Vezzo - Gignese - Levo (1.9 km) 3. Gignese - Levo –Alpino (1.0 km) 4. Alpino– Mottarone (4.5 km)	1000	G 1	9.8	A2		1963	Ferrovia Stresa-Mottarone (FSM)		Railway line in operation from 1911 to 1963
Turin , Sassi - Superga	1445	R 1	3.1	S.	1935	today	Gruppo Torinese Trasporti (GTT)	Tranvia a dentiera Sassi-Superga	Operated as a funicular system Agudio from 1884 to 1934 , converted to a cogwheel railway after the rope ruptured and reopened in 1935 , operated by conductor rail (600 V)
Sicily region
Filaga– Palazzo Adriano 1 section: Prizzi –Sosio (4.5 km)	950	G 1	13.8	S.	1918/20	1959	Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)	Filaga-Palazzo Adriano
Dittaino– Leonforte 1 section: Cavalcatore– Assoro (≈6.0 km)	950	G 1	14.7	S.	1918/23	1959	Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)	Dittaino – Leonforte
Dittaino– Caltagirone 1 section: Mulinello – Valguamera (≈5.5 km)	950	G 1	71.2	S.	1912/30	1969/71	Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)	Dittaino – Caltagirone
Lercara – Magazzolo 1 section: Contuberna – San Stefano Quisquina (3.4 km)	950	G 1	66.9	S.	1912/24	1959	Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)	Lercara Magazzolo
Agrigento - Licata 6 sections on the Agrigento– Palma di Montechiaro section (10.8 of 43.8 km)	950	G 1	63.8	S.	1915/21	1958	Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)	Agrigento-Licata
Tuscany region
Saline di Volterra - Volterra 1 section: Saline – Volterra (≈4.2 km)	1435	G 1	7.9	S.	1912	1958	Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)	Cecina – Volterra railway line	Railway line shut down
Reggello - Sant'Ellero - Reggello - Saltino (Reggello) 1 section: Sant'Ellero – Saltino (8.2 km)	800?	R 1	8.2	Telfener			Ferrovia a Cremagliera S.Ellero-Saltino (Vallombrosa) (FCS)		Railway line shut down
Region Trentino-Alto Adige
Bozen - Klobenstein 1 section: Bozen Rittner Bf - Maria Himmelfahrt (4.2 km)	1000	G 1	11.8	S.	1907	1966	SAD local transport	Renon Railway (Ferrovia del Renon)	Replacement by cable car, adhesion section still in operation
region Veneto
Rocchette - Asiago 1 section: Cogollo - Campiello (5.8 km)	950	G 1	21.2	S.	1910	1958	Società Veneta (SV)	Rocchette – Asiago rack railway

Greece

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	Height under arbitration in meters	Summit height in meters	greatest slope in ‰	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
West Greece region
Diakopto - Kalavrita	750	G 1	22.3	702	712	140	A2	1896	today	EYELET	Odontotos	in operation again since summer 2009 after renewing the route and rolling stock

Eastern Central Europe

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	Height under arbitration in meters	Summit height in meters	greatest slope in ‰	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
Poland
Srebrna Góra (Silberberg) - Nowa Wieś Kłodzka (Neudorf) Rack length: 3.8 km	1435	G	6.6		513		A2	1902	1931	Owl mountain railway	Owl Mountain Railway
Warsaw , Belweder - Plac Unii Lubelskiej	800	G					A2	1902	1915		Wilanower Bahn
Czech Republic
Tanvald - Kořenov Rack length: 5.5 km	1435	G 1	6.9	235	701	56	A2	1902	today	CD	Tannwalder rack railway	Cog railway traffic only on public holidays
Karlový Vary - Tři kříže (Karlsbad - Dreikreuzberg)				62	440	500	P				Nedostavěná dráha na Tři kříže rack railway to the Three Cross Mountain in Karlovy Vary	The construction of the railway line planned with the "Peter" system was started, but was never completed because of the First World War.
Slovakia
Žakarovce - Mariánská hat	1000	G	4.0				R.	1884	1899		Žakarovce rack railway	Ore railway; replaced by cable car
Štrba - Štrbské Pleso	1000	R.	4.8	430	1235	150	R.	1896	1932		Štrba – Štrbské Pleso rack railway	Dismantled in 1940, reopened in 1969
				430	1235	150	VR	1969	today	ŽSR		Rebuilt in the 1960s with Swiss technology, operated with electric multiple units
Pohronská Polhora - Tisovec Rack length: 5.8 km	1435	G 1	42.0	108	725	50	A2	1896	1965		Pohronská Polhora - Tisovec rack railway	Cogwheel operation ended in 1965, then adhesion operation. If the adhesion business continued, the gear wheel operation was resumed as occasional traffic for tourist purposes in autumn 2014.
Krompachy , Eisenwerk Rack length: 0.3 km	1435	G	1.3				A2	1896	1922	Hernader Eisenwerk-Gesellschaft		Factory track
Bosnia Herzegovina
Ivan Pass ( Sarajevo - Konjic ) Rack length: 19.5 km	760	G 1	55.9	597	876	60	A2	1891	1966	BHStB , then JŽ	Narenta Railway	Route length shortened in 1935
Komar Pass ( Travnik - Bugojno ) Rack length: 6.3 km	760	G 1	40.7	268	780	45	A2	1894	1975	BHStB, then JŽ	Lašva – Donji Vakuf – Gornji Vakuf / Jajce railway line
Hungary
Budapest , Varosmajor - Széchenyihegy	1435	R 1	3.8	260		150	R.	1874	1973		Schwabenbergbahn (Budapesti Fogaskerekű Vasút)	Third rack railway in the world, electrical operation from 1929, renovation 1973
						150	S.	1973	today
Salgótarján - Rimamurány rack length : 0.2 km	635	G	3.2				A2	1895	1957			Rimamurány ironworks in Salgótarján
Steel mill Ózd Rack length: 0.7 km	1435	G	3.0				A2	1906	?			Werkbahn, from 1964 diesel locomotives
Romania
Caransebeş (Karánsebes) - Hațeg (Hátszeg) Rack length: 5.0 km	1435	G	75.0		692	50	A2	1907	1978		Caransebeş – Bouțari – Subcetate railway line

Rack railways in Africa

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
Angola
Lengue - San Pedro	1067			R.	1909	1948		Benguela Railway	Hefti, rack railways of the world, specifies the completion date 1905/1906.
South Africa
Waterval Onder - Waterval Boven ( Mpumalanga Province )	1067	1	3.5	R.	1896	1908	NZASM , CSAR	Delagoa Railway	The locomotives were delivered by the Esslingen machine factory to the Nederlandsch-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg Maatschappij (NZASM)

Rack railways in North and Central America

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	Height under arbitration in meters	Summit height in meters	greatest slope in ‰	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
United States
State of Colorado
Manitou Springs , Pikes Peak	1435	R.	15.0	2245	4260	250	A2	1891	today		Pike's Peak Cog Railway	Steam, diesel since 1949, diesel multiple units since 1963, temporarily discontinued in 2017
State of Maine
Bar Harbor - Green Mountain (now Cadillac Mountain )	1422		1.83					1883	1890		Green Mountain Railway
State of Michigan
Hancock	1435		0.8					1997			Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway
State of New Hampshire
Mount Washington	1431	R.	4.5	1093	1918	377	Marsh	1869	today		Mount Washington Cog Railway	Steam operation, since 2008/10 mostly diesel operation
State of Ohio
Madison, Ohio - Indianapolis Rack length: 1.4 miles	1435	G	3.2	130		61	Cathcart	1847	1868
Panama
Panama , Panama Canal Rack length: 18 km	1524	2 G	29			500	R.	1912	today			Towing railway; steepest factory cog railway in the world max. 50% gradient ( Gatun lock )
Mexico
Compañía Minera de Peñoles, Mapimí - Ojuela Mine Railway							A.	1896	?
Santo Domingo
Puerto Plata - Bajabonico	765	G					A2	1895	?

Rack railways in South America

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	Height under arbitration in meters	Summit height in meters	greatest slope in ‰	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
Brazil
State of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro - Corcovado	1000	R 1	3.8	640	680	300	R.	1884	today		Corcovado mountain railway	Operation from 1910 with three-phase current
(Rio de Janeiro) - Vila Inhomirim - Petrópolis	1000	R.	8.8				R.	1883		Petropolis Railway		pure rack railway (propulsion only with rack). Recommissioning is being studied in various official and political structures, the basic idea with direct trains from Rio, discontinued in 1965
(Rio de Janeiro) - Guapimirim - Teresópolis	1000	R.	9.3				R.	1908		Teresópolis Railway		set in 1957
State of São Paulo
Raiz da Serra - Paranapiacaba	1600	G	8.064				A3	1974	today	MRS	Railway Santos – Jundiaí	Conversion from the Serra Incline funicular , replaces the previous systems "Old Serra Incline" and "New Serra Incline", section Santos - São Paulo railway, operation with 3000 V direct current. In 2010, seven new 5 MW locomotives were ordered from Stadler Rail , which went into operation from 2013. sketch
Chile
Los Andes (Chile) - Mendoza (Argentina) Rack length: 130 km	1000	G	248	2413	3186	80	A3	1910	1980?	Ferrocarril Transandino	Transand Railway	discontinued, route partially preserved, new building without rack.
Arica (Chile) –La Paz (Bolivia) Rack length : 39 km	1000	G	418	4235	4255	60	A2	1913		Ferrocarril Arica La Paz		Operation since 1968 mainly without a rack.
Venezuela
Puerto Cabello - Valencia	1067	R.	3.8				A3	1886	circa 1955			Status unknown

Rack railways in Asia

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	Height under arbitration in meters	Summit height in meters	greatest slope in ‰	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
India
Mettupalayam - Ooty one section: Kallar - Coonoor 19.3 km	1000	G	46			80	A2	1898	today		Nilgiri Mountain Railway	also known as the Ooty-Line; still in operation with steam locomotives from SLM , Note: Josef Hons writes of 64.8 km operating length
Indonesia
Ambarawa - Bedono	1067							1907			Ambarawa Rack Railway	two cogwheel steam locomotives are no longer parked in the Ambarawa Railway Museum
Sawah - Loento	600						A2	1907
Padang - Bukittinggi / Sawahlunto Rack length : originally 23 km	1067	G	179.5	733 earlier 1154	731 earlier 1152	70 before 80	R.	1889	partly	Kereta Api Indonesia	Padang – Bukittinggi / Sawahlunto railway line	; formerly a coal railway, now a tourist railway; Wing section Padang Panjang – Bukittinggi discontinued
Japan
Yokokawa - Karuizawa or Takasaki - Noetsu  ? Rack length: 8.5 km	1067	G	11.0		941	67	A3	1893	1963	Usui - Toge Railway	Usui pass	Steam, electric from 1912
Abbot Ichishiro - Nagashima Dam	1067	G	25.5			90	A3	1990		Ōigawa Tetsudō	Ikawa line
Pakistan
Sibi - Bostan rack length: 11.3 km	1676		20.1		1800	60	A3	1887			Bolanbahn
Vietnam
Krong-Pha - Dalat rack length: 12.5 km	1000	G	42.5		1500	125	A2	1927	1975		Tháp Chàm – Đà Lạt railway line	Adhesion section in operation as a tourist railway. Reconstruction of the entire route under discussion
Lebanon, Syria
Beirut - Damascus Rack length: 32 km	1050	G	147	1486	1486	70	A2	1894			Lebanon Railway	An adhesion section in Syria was still preserved as a tourist railway in 2007
Siberia (Russia)
Ship lift near Divnogorsk	9000	R 1	approx. 2				similar Perforator	1976	today		Krasnoyarsk Power Plant	transports ships up to 1500 t, overcomes 118 m height difference, turntable at the apex, power supply via catenary, two toothed racks are mounted next to each track

Rack railways in Australia

Place, route	Track wide mm	G l e i s e	Length km	Height under arbitration in meters	Summit height in meters	greatest slope in ‰	system	Toothed wheel of	Toothed wheel up	Working drove through	items	Remarks
State of New South Wales
Snowy Mountains , Bullocks Flat - Perisher Valley - Blue Cow	1435	R.	8.5	775	1900	127	S, VR	1987	today		Ski tube	electrified with 1500 V direct current, 5 km in the tunnel
State of Queensland
Mount Morgan	1067						A2	1898	195_			Factory track, dismantled
Tasmania State
Queenstown - Strahan	1067	G 1	34.5			66	A2	1896 2003	1963 today		West Coast Wilderness Railway	Reopened in 2003

literature

• Cyrill Seifert: Cog railways of the world , transpress, Stuttgart, 2020
• Wolfgang Messerschmidt: Rack railways, yesterday, today, all over the world. The history of the rack railways , Franckh, Stuttgart 1972 ISBN 3-440-03833-5
• Walter Hefti : The world's rack railways. Birkhäuser, Basel 1971, ISBN 3-7643-0550-9 .
• Walter Hefti: The world's rack railways. Addendum. Birkhäuser, Basel 1976, ISBN 3-7643-0797-8 .
• The locomotive , specialist magazine for railway technicians. Various editions. Vienna 1904–1948 (Berlin 1938–1944).
• Thomas Fleißig: Rack railways in Austria. Railway picture archive. EK, Freiburg 2004, ISBN 3-88255-349-9 .
• Arthur Meyer, Josef Pospichal: Rack railway locomotives from Floridsdorf , Verlag bahnmedien.at, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-9503304-0-3
• Klaus Fader: Cog railways in the Alps. 19 mountain railways in Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. Franckh-Kosmos , Stuttgart / Ott, Thun 1996, ISBN 3-440-06880-3 / ISBN 3-7225-6346-1 (Ott); Tosa, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85492-791-6 .
• Werner Latscha (Ed.): Seven mountain railway pioneers (= Swiss pioneers of economy and technology . No. 81). Association for Economic History Studies, Zurich 2005, ISBN 978-3-909059-34-8 .
• Josef Hons: Bergbahnen der Welt , transpress Verlag, Berlin 1990 ISBN 3-344-00475-1

Web links

Commons : Cog Railway  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rack railways in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Twenty-five year anniversary of the System Dept. In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung. Volume 50 (1907), issue 10 (E-Periodica.ch, PDF; 0.4 MB).
2. ^ S. Abbot: The new unified friction and tooth path system Peter. In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung. Volume 71 (1918), issue 1 (E-Periodica.ch, PDF; 2.8 MB) and volume 71 (1918), issue 2 (PDF; 2.6 MB).
3. ↑ 1C comb. Four-cylinder composite adhesion and rack-and-pinion locomotive for Port. West Africa. In: Die Lokomotive , 1909, S. 60 ( ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online )
4. ^ Across Africa By Rail. In: Mike's Railway History (English)
5. ^ George E. Hoke: The Railroads of the Compañía Minera de Peñoles. In: mexlist.com. 2006, accessed April 23, 2020 . 
6. ↑ A Heavy Grade . In: Locomotive Engineering Magazine . April 1900 (English).
7. ↑ The locomotive, page 234/1915
8. ^ Santo Domingo, A country with a future, Otto Schoenrich, 1918
9. ↑ A. Kuntze: State railway on the west coast of Sumatra. In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . Volume 17 (1891), issue 18 (E-Periodica.ch, PDF; 3.2 MB).
10. ↑ Exit from Abbot Ichishiro with Abbot rack Photo in Wikimedia, December 16, 2007