eMeS
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On normal railways, there's lots of safety features, and masses of experience & reports when things very occasionally go wrong.
On rack & pinion railways, matters are very different in that should the cog fail (metal fatigue etc.), I can't imagine that there's any braking possible from the wheels on the steep track. Has this happened?, or are the cogs and special track so heavily over-sized that it's impossible under normal use and replacement regimes? Are there other safety features which don't get a mention?
On rack & pinion railways, matters are very different in that should the cog fail (metal fatigue etc.), I can't imagine that there's any braking possible from the wheels on the steep track. Has this happened?, or are the cogs and special track so heavily over-sized that it's impossible under normal use and replacement regimes? Are there other safety features which don't get a mention?