Re: Steepest train/tram line

[James Robinson <NOSPAM@ERIE.NET>]

MarkBau1 wrote:
> 
> Apart from Australia and that little island off France are there any other
> countries that still use the 1 in XX instead if the % system?

It was also a common practice on many railways that followed British
practice to measure gradients in feet per mile.  This lasted into about
1920 or so, and many track profiles will still show this measure
depending on when they were originally drawn.  Thus a 1 in 50 grade, is
the same as a 2 percent grade, is the same as a gradient of 105.6 feet
per mile.  Percent gradient as a measure began to be popular in about
1885, and soon displaced feet per mile in most applications.