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For more winter wonder nearby, find Santa in his secret lair atop Rochers-de-Naye, accessible via traditional cogwheel train, and discounted with the Swiss Travel Pass.
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AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
The author did not intend to furnish the world with plate metal dummies stuffed with cogwheels, photocells, and other mechanical gizmos.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2024
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Courtesy Switzerland’s Jungfrau Railway
Switzerland’s Jungfrau Railway
If a day trip is more your speed, try hopping on the Jungfrau Railway cogwheel train, which carves its way through the Swiss Alps up to the highest rail station in all of Europe.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023
The train is designed for steep gradients, using toothed cogwheels under the locomotive that connect with a rail in the middle of the track to pull it up the mountain.
—Lori Rackl, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
Don't miss Mount Pilatus (via the world’s steepest cogwheel railway) and the Rigi for nature trails and a famous viewpoint overlooking three lakes.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2023
The menu will likely be a cogwheel app icon in your app drawer or home screen.
—Toby Grey, BGR, 24 May 2022
There are red cogwheel trains and cable cars.
—New York Times, 12 May 2022
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AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
The author did not intend to furnish the world with plate metal dummies stuffed with cogwheels, photocells, and other mechanical gizmos.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2024
Book now with Via Rail Canada (starting at $242)
Courtesy Switzerland’s Jungfrau Railway
Switzerland’s Jungfrau Railway
If a day trip is more your speed, try hopping on the Jungfrau Railway cogwheel train, which carves its way through the Swiss Alps up to the highest rail station in all of Europe.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023
The train is designed for steep gradients, using toothed cogwheels under the locomotive that connect with a rail in the middle of the track to pull it up the mountain.
—Lori Rackl, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
Don't miss Mount Pilatus (via the world’s steepest cogwheel railway) and the Rigi for nature trails and a famous viewpoint overlooking three lakes.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2023
The menu will likely be a cogwheel app icon in your app drawer or home screen.
—Toby Grey, BGR, 24 May 2022
There are red cogwheel trains and cable cars.
—New York Times, 12 May 2022
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“Cogwheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cogwheel. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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cogwheel
noun
cog·wheel
ˈkäg-ˌhwēl 
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: a wheel with cogs
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