Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A railway zig zag, also called a switchback, is a method of climbing steep gradients with minimal need for tunnels and heavy earthworks. For a short distance (corresponding to the middle leg of the letter \"Z\"), the direction of travel is reversed, before the original direction is resumed.A location on railways constructed by using a zig-zag alignment at which trains have to reverse direction in order to continue is a reversing station."@en }
Showing triples 1 to 2 of
2
with 100 triples per page.
- Zig_zag_(railway) abstract "A railway zig zag, also called a switchback, is a method of climbing steep gradients with minimal need for tunnels and heavy earthworks. For a short distance (corresponding to the middle leg of the letter \"Z\"), the direction of travel is reversed, before the original direction is resumed.A location on railways constructed by using a zig-zag alignment at which trains have to reverse direction in order to continue is a reversing station.".
- Zig_zag_(railway) comment "A railway zig zag, also called a switchback, is a method of climbing steep gradients with minimal need for tunnels and heavy earthworks. For a short distance (corresponding to the middle leg of the letter \"Z\"), the direction of travel is reversed, before the original direction is resumed.A location on railways constructed by using a zig-zag alignment at which trains have to reverse direction in order to continue is a reversing station.".