Re: Steepest train/tram line

[James Robinson <NOSPAM@ERIE.NET>]

Ron BEST wrote:
>
>  <on measuring gradients> 
> 
> Wot's it got to do with going Metric? 

To conform with most of the railways in the rest of the metric world.

> "1 in 100" is 1 metre up in 100 metres
> of track, or 1 Outer Mongolian Cathump up in 100 Outer Mongolian Cathumps of
> track. Much more obvious what it means than a percentage! 

Not necessarily more obvious. It is a counterintuitive measure in that
steeper gradients earn a smaller number.  Calculations are also simpler
with the percentage measure in that resistances are directly
proportional rather than inversely proportional. 

> "One percent" of what??!!

Meters or Outer Mongolian Cathups.