Re: Steepest train/tram line

[jdennis@acslink.net.au (John Dennis)]

>Wot's it got to do with going Metric? "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! "One percent" of
>what??!!
>
>BTW, on a (vaguely) related subject, I heard that when Metrication hit the
>Aust. railway systems, Victoria refused to relocate their mile posts to
>become kilometre posts, but invented a thing called a "railway distance
>unit', equal to 1.61 kilometres!

I heard a similar story, except that the abbreviation MP become
"Marker Post" rather than "Mile Post".

JD
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