737190- Rack railway electric locomotive (DCC)

Locomotive for real cog railway operation. Suitable for the Fleischmann rack track 9119. Due to the enormous climbing ability (up to 25%) on rack tracks. The locomotive overcomes extraordinary things even in the smallest of spaces. Height differences. The locomotive is with and without a Fleischmann rack and pinion track ; Rack railways shine with their unique combination of mountains. and bold routing, with numerous bridges and tunnels, one. very special fascination. The locomotion of the train is through. Meshing of a gear in a rack in the middle of the track. causes the usual friction for the steep gradients. between wheel and rail is no longer sufficient.. After originally being used for tourist and industrial traffic. The rack railways produced had proven their worth, the. Rack also for through passenger and freight traffic. use, and so the railways of the so-called mixed. Systems in which friction sections with rack and pinion sections, depending. according to the gradient, alternate and the pulling force of one. and the same machine is exercised. The first rack railways were exclusively with steam locomotives. operated. At the end of the 19th century, electric traction gained momentum. rapidly increasing in importance. Today, many of the originally steamed. operated railways, with some the steam locomotives were through. Diesel traction vehicles replaced or supplemented. Especially with tourists. to be able to continue to offer coveted steam operation, were in the. 1990s new oil-fired ones from some rack railway operators. Procured steam locomotives.. In the Alps you will find a particularly large number of private cog railways that. are very popular with tourists from all over the world. Some. the best known are the Zugspitzbahn in Germany, the Schafbergbahn. in Austria as well as the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn in Switzerland, the country. with most rack railways.