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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Tue Dec 10, 2019 6:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Question on Erzbergbahn railway, Austria |
I just stumbled on this video of a railway in Austria, the Erzbergbahn. It was primarily a line for hauling mineral ores (iron?). It ran with steam until 1976-78. What interests me, is that the line was built as a cog railway, but the gradient was only 0.71%. In fact, when steam was phased out, they removed the rack and used adhesion only diesels. Why was this line built with a rack? https://youtu.be/K3qQTN0_lxw https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzbergbahn |
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| Author: | R. Hahn [ Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question on Erzbergbahn railway, Austria |
The max gradient is 7.1%. |
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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question on Erzbergbahn railway, Austria |
R. Hahn wrote: The max gradient is 7.1%. That explains it. Must have been a translation error. |
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