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Auction History Result 2b387 COG WHEEL RAILWAY linen 24x28 Swiss special poster 1930s great art of town on Mount Rigi! Date Sold 12/10/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Linenbacked Swiss Special Poster (measures 23 3/4" x 27 1/2" [60 x 70 cm]) (Learn More) Cog Wheel Railway, the circa 1930s Swiss poster ("Elektrische Bahn"; "Chemin de fer Electrique") featuring artwork of an electric cog wheel railway servicing a mountain town above a lake. A cog wheel railway (also known as a rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway or cog railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with this rack rail. This allows the trains to operate on steep grades. The first mountain cog railway was the Mount Washington Cog Railway in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, which carried its first fare-paying passengers in 1868. The first mountain rack railway in continental Europe was the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn on Mount Rigi in Switzerland, which opened in 1871. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster was never folded. It had creases, scuffs, and a few small tears around the edges, with pinholes in the corners. It had a diagonal crease in the lower right corner. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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