Two railway systems to drive locomotive steam train in the alpes 1898 - stock illustration

Two railway systems to drive locomotive steam train in the alpes 1898 Fig. 1 : The Fell system was the first third-rail system for railways that were too steep to be worked by adhesion on the two running rails alone. Fig. 2 : A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. Niklaus Riggenbach ( 21. Mai 1817 - 25. Juli 1899 ) inventor of the cog railway system Riggenbach Original edition from my own archives Source : Brockhaus 1898