rack locomotive

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a locomotive designed for operation on a rack railway.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Also called cog locomotive.

Bake on the center rack of the oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until set.
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The clever crooks managed to rack up $2 million in profits over a year, Ares said.
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Whereas other brands purchase their barrels from big producers more or less off the rack, The Macallan starts in the forest.
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He put them in glamorous gowns, yes, but also encouraged them to buy trendier ready-to-wear labels off the rack.
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Jenny and Ichabod rack their brains before eventually deciding to hunt for the missing Franklin documents at the archives.
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The steamboat of 1809 and the steam locomotive of 1830 were the direct result of what had gone before.
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The south tunnel in New Street was blocked April 18, 1877, by a locomotive turning over.
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The whole thing begins to have a jigsaw look, like a child's toy rack with wooden soldiers on it, expanding and contracting.
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They were condemned on confessions of Islamism and paganism, extorted by the rack, and afterwards retracted.
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Now for the second time the old man and the locomotive regarded each other.
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