gauge), and operates on the rack and adhesion principle, using sections of Riggenbach rack to overcome the steeper gradients encounted on the approaches to...
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the most interesting documents of the period. It was first published by Riggenbach in 1877, and in this volume the other sources for his life are registered...
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(1947–2018), pediatrician, founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia Niklaus Riggenbach (1817–1899), engineer Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998), Sufi writer, born in...
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Rickover (1900–1986), U.S. – Nuclear submarine Niklaus Riggenbach (1817–1899), Switzerland – Riggenbach rack railway system, Counter-pressure brake Dennis...
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pp. 22, 34. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7. Peter Berger, Hans Waldburger and Christoph Berger (1998). Bahnen nach Engelberg. Luzern: Minirex. ISBN 3-907014-10-3...
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(1914–1983), French actor Albert Rigby (1901–1963), Australian cricketer Albert Riggenbach (1854–1921), Swiss meteorologist and author Albert Rigolot (1862–1932)...
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with maximum gradients of up to 5.0 percent, as a rack railway using the Riggenbach-Klose system. The station buildings were built according to various types...
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