Timeline for What determines the maximum possible slope of rail transportation (without rack)?
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| Aug 8, 2018 at 19:31 | comment | added | ratchet freak | which is still more likely a weight/traction issue of the loc than a power/torque issue. | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 19:05 | comment | added | niels nielsen | I know that, but I also know there's a long stretch of railroad up here converted to a bike path, about 8 miles of it at exactly 1% grade maximum because that's the most that a loaded steam locomotive could manage 100 years ago. | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 17:56 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | @nielsnielsen power is irrelevant if there's insufficient friction between locomotive wheels and the rails. | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 17:34 | comment | added | niels nielsen | also note that newer locomotives are more powerful than older ones. so the older the line, the less steep the slope. | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 13:11 | comment | added | Bregalad | So basically in some cases they could allow steep sections between stations (where the train never stops), and flatter stations ? | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 12:55 | history | answered | ratchet freak | CC BY-SA 4.0 |