Gday  All

Max trax cars on the Melb Wattle Pk line faced 1/15 grades

Cheers,    Mick

On 15/12/2017 4:01 PM, Richard Youltressteleg@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
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> Greg,

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> Did maximum traction cars ever normally work down there? If not, does anyone know the steepest grade in Australia regularly used by such cars.

> Anyway, assuming that a maximum traction car had about 2/3 the adhesion of a car with all axles driven, a similar ratio would be relevant for modern cars.

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> One of the northern Brisbane routes, maybe Stafford, where it rejoined the main line back to the city, had to climb a considerable grade just before the junction. To my surprise, the Droppie never lost its feet starting on the steepest part.

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> It would be nice to prove today’s know-alls wrong.

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> Regards,

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> Richard

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