File:Rack railway turnout (SPB).JPG

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Summary

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch" class="extiw" title="en:Railroad switch">railroad switch</a> (railway turnout) on the Schynige Platte-Bahn (SPB, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schynige_Platte_Railway" class="extiw" title="en:Schynige Platte Railway">Schynige Platte Railway</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rack_railway" class="extiw" title="en:rack railway">rack railway</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" class="extiw" title="en:Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. Note the mechanism to allow the locomotive's driving pinion to engage with the rack as it passes over the switch. The image was captured immediately southwest of the station at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schynige_Platte" class="extiw" title="en:Schynige Platte">Schynige Platte</a>.

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current18:22, 8 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 18:22, 8 January 20173,456 × 3,103 (7.89 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch" class="extiw" title="en:Railroad switch">railroad switch</a> (railway turnout) on the Schynige Platte-Bahn (SPB, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schynige_Platte_Railway" class="extiw" title="en:Schynige Platte Railway">Schynige Platte Railway</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rack_railway" class="extiw" title="en:rack railway">rack railway</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" class="extiw" title="en:Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. Note the mechanism to allow the locomotive's driving pinion to engage with the rack as it passes over the switch. The image was captured immediately southwest of the station at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schynige_Platte" class="extiw" title="en:Schynige Platte">Schynige Platte</a>.
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