Derick Wuen wrote:
(1)
Guiness Book of Rail Facts and Feats has steepest adhesion grade as 1 in
11 on Chamonix between Servoz and Chedde (France).
Might have to re-measure the
Middle road! ;-) Can't have the French taking all the glory!
(2)
If this was an Olympic event I'm sure Lambing Flat's little Krauss would
be disqualified under equipment rules for adhesion working.... LGB rubber
tyres seem to me to be in the same league as sprung shoes for high jumpers
or flotation suits for swimmers. On the other hand, I bet they have the
sanders going full time on the Chamonix 1 in 11!
Would it help your sense of fairness to assume that
RVR No 1's rubber tyre is the small scale equivalent of sanders?
:-)
It will all be academic anyway, once the Top Points deviation
is complete!
DPC James McInerney
STOP! In The Name Of The Lore!
At http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/ , "Lambing Flat's"
mainpage for the HO model and NSWGR information.
Or http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/rvrtitle.html
for the "Rurr Valley Railway", my G gauge garden line
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