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The author did not intend to furnish the world with plate metal dummies stuffed with cogwheels, photocells, and other mechanical gizmos.
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IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2024
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Courtesy Switzerland’s Jungfrau Railway
Switzerland’s Jungfrau Railway
If a day trip is more your speed, try hopping on the Jungfrau Railway cogwheel train, which carves its way through the Swiss Alps up to the highest rail station in all of Europe.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023
The train is designed for steep gradients, using toothed cogwheels under the locomotive that connect with a rail in the middle of the track to pull it up the mountain.
—Lori Rackl, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
Don't miss Mount Pilatus (via the world’s steepest cogwheel railway) and the Rigi for nature trails and a famous viewpoint overlooking three lakes.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2023
There are red cogwheel trains and cable cars.
—New York Times, 12 May 2022
The menu will likely be a cogwheel app icon in your app drawer or home screen.
—Toby Grey, BGR, 24 May 2022
Klaessy captured the idyllic scene during a boat ride, and then took a 30-minute trip on a cogwheel railway that dates to 1893 — with a gradient reaching 48% — up Mount Stanserhorn.
—Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
To streamline the visitor experience further, the Eiger Express will act as a shortcut, directly connecting passengers from Eigergletscher Station to the final, cogwheel section of the Jungfraubahn.
—Mike MacEacheran, National Geographic, 5 Dec. 2020
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IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2024
Book now with Via Rail Canada (starting at $242)
Courtesy Switzerland’s Jungfrau Railway
Switzerland’s Jungfrau Railway
If a day trip is more your speed, try hopping on the Jungfrau Railway cogwheel train, which carves its way through the Swiss Alps up to the highest rail station in all of Europe.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023
The train is designed for steep gradients, using toothed cogwheels under the locomotive that connect with a rail in the middle of the track to pull it up the mountain.
—Lori Rackl, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
Don't miss Mount Pilatus (via the world’s steepest cogwheel railway) and the Rigi for nature trails and a famous viewpoint overlooking three lakes.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2023
There are red cogwheel trains and cable cars.
—New York Times, 12 May 2022
The menu will likely be a cogwheel app icon in your app drawer or home screen.
—Toby Grey, BGR, 24 May 2022
Klaessy captured the idyllic scene during a boat ride, and then took a 30-minute trip on a cogwheel railway that dates to 1893 — with a gradient reaching 48% — up Mount Stanserhorn.
—Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
To streamline the visitor experience further, the Eiger Express will act as a shortcut, directly connecting passengers from Eigergletscher Station to the final, cogwheel section of the Jungfraubahn.
—Mike MacEacheran, National Geographic, 5 Dec. 2020
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“Cogwheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cogwheel. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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cogwheel
noun
cog·wheel
ˈkäg-ˌhwēl 
-ˌwēl
: a wheel with cogs
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