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Re: Warren owes a lot to a certain J.J. Hill
Author: WILL
Date: 11-10-2014 - 17:15

You must be thinking of Arthur W. Keddie. The Western Pacific only had a 1% maximum ruling grade.

Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> pdxrailtransit Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The man who had the foresight and determination
> to
> > build a raiload to the West Coast with a
> maximum
> > 1% gradient.
>
> Certainly James J. Hill was a great man, but if
> you are referring to the Great Northern Railroad,
> it certainly had grades greater than 1%. For
> instance, the original Cascade Tunnel itself had a
> 1.7% grade eastbound with an overall ruling grade
> of 2.2%. Even after the new Cascade Tunnel and
> alignment was built, the new tunnel grade itself
> is lower at 1.56%, but the ruling grade is still
> 2.2%.
> [en.wikipedia.org]
>
> Also, GN's Marias Pass line is a 1.8% grade.
> [trn.trains.com]
> de-profiles.pdf

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