Re: [NSW] Cityrail Grades

["Paul Jones" <jonesclan@free.net.au>]

I rember hearing that the redfern engine dive (& derail) was 1 in 25. don't
think so, but can't rember

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Paul Jones

Chris Downs wrote in message ...
>I'll take largest to mean steepest (not in degrees or %, sorry):
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>On passenger lines:
>1 in 30 compensated - Wynyard to Harbour Bridge
>1 in 31 or 32 in spots on ESR?? (not in my grade book)
>1 in 31, 32 & 33 Blue Mountains many stints between Valley Heights and
>Katoomba
>1 in 32 to 1 in 34 Central side of Town Hall (includes ESR?)
>Circular Quay approaches are steep (again, not in my grade book)
>1 in 37 Dundas to Carlingford (Telopea station is on this grade)
>1 in 39 Rydalmere to Dundas
>1 in 39 short stretch on Cowan Bank
>1 in 40 Loftus Bank
>1 in 40 Eastwood Bank
>1 in 40 Cheltenham Bank
>1 in 40 Normanhurst to Hornsby
>1 in 40 Cowan Bank
>1 in 40 Wondabyne to Woy Woy tunnel
>1 in 40 Upper half of Fassifern Bank
>1 in 40 parts between Cronulla and Sutherland
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>What have I forgotten upto 1 in 40?
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>Chris
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>Mitch <this.is.not.my@email.address.com> wrote in message
>eHXI4.3860$5D.8074@ozemail.com.au">news:eHXI4.3860$5D.8074@ozemail.com.au...
>> What's the largest grade on Cityrail.. It seems to be mostly flat but
what
>> is the largest º grade?
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