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Re: BM 1 in 33



mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly) wrote:

>Its probably worth mentioning that the above is a compensated grade , ie the 
>grade is modified to include the curve rolling resistance.
>Some railways (like SRA) quote grades in their compensated form whilst others 
>dont.
>VIC & SA gradient diagrams are uncompensated.

How do you draw a compensated grade on paper- show the slope as it is
and label it with the uncompensated grade, or fiddle with the
horizontal scale?

Geoff Lambert