I believe it is 19 degrees. There is no limit on length of cars, as some of the passenger carriages V&T uses are standard Pullmans.


Joe Cullum Wrote:
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> Do you know how tough in degrees is the curvature
> over the shoe flyed tunnel? Looks like it can also
> be daylighted and get a cosmetic cut and cover
> type of operation.
>
> What type of equipment is restricted from this
> curve?
>
> David Dewey Wrote:
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> > As I understand it, the way to re-establish the
> > tunnel is to do a "cut & cover" operation.
> There
> > is no way to "go around" the location, it is
> > actually a very short tunnel.
> > I believe re-establishing the tunnel will
> actually
> > stabilize the area by eliminating the possibly
> > collapsing tunnel and providing engineered fill
> > around it instead of just dirt dumped in a hole
> as
> > was done back in the day.
> > As I recall, the main concern was the
> vibrations
> > caused by the train running through the tunnel,
> > but as it is now, the train comes pretty close
> to
> > the tunnel anyways, so it's probably already
> > "vibrating the earth" in the area.
> > The other tunnel that really needs stabilizing
> and
> > reopening is the one with the shoe-fly around
> it;
> > those curves are limiting what can go up the
> > tracks.