switchback railway
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Switchback Railway — Infobox roller coaster name=Switchback Railway caption=original Switchback Railway at Coney Island location=Coney Island section= type=Wood status=Closed opened=June 13, 1884 manufacturer=LaMarcus Adna Thompson designer=LaMarcus Adna Thompson… … Wikipedia
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway — U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
Switchback — may refer to:* (primarily in American English) a road or trail joined by hairpin bends * (primarily in British English) a roller coaster, or a roller coaster like road (for the latter, see also in article on hairpin bend) * Switchback Railway,… … Wikipedia
Switchback — (engl., spr. ßwitschbäck, S. railway), Berg und Talbahn, die durch eigne Schwerkraft einen Abhang hinab und einen andern hinausläuft … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
switchback — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a road, railway, etc. with alternate sharp ascents and descents. 2) a roller coaster. 3) N. Amer. a hairpin bend … English terms dictionary
railway — Synonyms and related words: L, branch, cable railway, cog railway, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, feeder, feeder line, gravity operated railway, horse railway, junction, light railroad, line, main line, metro,… … Moby Thesaurus
switchback — Synonyms and related words: L, branch, cable railway, chevron, cog railway, crankiness, crookedness, dogleg, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, feeder, feeder line, flexuosity, gravity operated railway, hairpin, horse… … Moby Thesaurus
switchback — 1. noun a) A zigzag path, road or railway track; especially a railway track in which the train travels in a reverse direction at each switch b) A hairpi … Wiktionary
switchback — n. 1 Brit. a railway at a fair etc., in which the train s ascents are effected by the momentum of its previous descents. 2 (often attrib.) a railway or road with alternate sharp ascents and descents … Useful english dictionary
switchback — noun 1》 Brit. a road, railway, etc. with alternate sharp ascents and descents. ↘a roller coaster. 2》 N. Amer. a hairpin bend … English new terms dictionary
