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steep grade railway

railway that ascends and descends a slope that has a steep grade
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steep grade railway

Summary

steep grade railway ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • steep grade railway is a type of mountain railway[2].
  • steep grade railway is a type of railway[3].
  • steep grade railway's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[4].
  • steep grade railway's has characteristic is recorded as hillclimbing[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include mountain railway[2] and railway[3].

Why It Matters

steep grade railway ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Peter F. Patel-Schneider · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → mountain railway, railway
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q22667]]"
  2. 16d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → mountain railway, railway
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1497019]]"
  3. 5w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C19422
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C19422, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  4. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Has characteristic → hillclimbing
    Subclass of → mountain railway, railway
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548308905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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