Article View: aus.rail.models
Article #578Re: Is this the steepest adhesion worked (model) railway in the world?
From: Derick Wuen
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 00:00
121 lines
5922 bytes
5922 bytes
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_014F_01BFB165.C7765EE0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I think you should use G scale sand to retain prototypical fidelity. =
Don't know who supplies 1:24 sand, however..... same people who do 1:24 =
steam?
Lambing Flat wrote in message <39095CBE.4A157C97@cia.com.au>...
Derick Wuen wrote:=20
(1) Guiness Book of Rail Facts and Feats has steepest adhesion =
grade as 1 in 11 on Chamonix between Servoz and Chedde (France).=20
Might have to re-measure the Middle road! ;-) Can't have the =
French taking all the glory!=20
=20
(2) If this was an Olympic event I'm sure Lambing Flat's =
little Krauss would be disqualified under equipment rules for adhesion =
working.... LGB rubber tyres seem to me to be in the same league as =
sprung shoes for high jumpers or flotation suits for swimmers. On the =
other hand, I bet they have the sanders going full time on the Chamonix =
1 in 11!=20
Would it help your sense of fairness to assume that RVR No 1's =
rubber tyre is the small scale equivalent of sanders? :-)
It will all be academic anyway, once the Top Points deviation is =
complete!=20
DPC James McInerney=20
STOP! In The Name Of The Lore!=20
At http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/ , "Lambing Flat's" mainpage for =
the HO model and NSWGR information.=20
Or http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/rvrtitle.html for the "Rurr Valley =
Railway", my G gauge garden line=20
=20
------=_NextPart_000_014F_01BFB165.C7765EE0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 =
http-equiv=3DContent-Type><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 =
transitional//en">
<META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I think you should use G scale sand =
to retain=20
prototypical fidelity. Don't know who supplies 1:24 sand, however..... =
same=20
people who do 1:24 steam?</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: =
5px">
<DIV>Lambing Flat<BULLACK@CIA.COM.AU> wrote in message <<A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:39095CBE.4A157C97@cia.com.au">39095CBE.4A157C97@cia.com.au=
</A>>...</DIV>Derick=20
Wuen wrote:=20
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE =3D CITE>
<STYLE></STYLE>
<FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D-1>(1) Guiness Book of Rail =
Facts and=20
Feats has steepest adhesion grade as 1 in 11 on Chamonix between =
Servoz=20
and Chedde (France).</FONT></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT=20
size=3D-1></FONT></FONT>=20
<P><B><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D-1>Might have to =
re-measure the=20
Middle road! ;-) Can't have the French taking all =
the=20
glory!</FONT></FONT></B> <BR><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT=20
size=3D-1></FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT=20
size=3D-1></FONT></FONT> <FONT size=3D-1>(2) If this =
was an=20
Olympic event I'm sure Lambing Flat's little Krauss would be=20
disqualified under equipment rules for adhesion working.... LGB =
rubber=20
tyres seem to me to be in the same league as sprung shoes for =
high=20
jumpers or flotation suits for swimmers. On the other hand, I =
bet they=20
have the sanders going full time on the Chamonix 1 in =
11!</FONT><FONT=20
size=3D-1></FONT>=20
<P><B><FONT size=3D-1>Would it help your sense of fairness to =
assume that=20
RVR No 1's rubber tyre is the small scale equivalent of =
sanders? =20
:-)</FONT></B></P></BLOCKQUOTE><B><FONT size=3D-1>It will all be =
academic=20
anyway, once the Top Points deviation is complete!</FONT></B>=20
<P><B><FONT size=3D-1>DPC James McInerney</FONT></B><B><FONT=20
size=3D-1></FONT></B>=20
<P><B><FONT size=3D-1>STOP! In The Name Of The =
Lore!</FONT></B><B><FONT=20
size=3D-1></FONT></B>=20
<P><B><FONT size=3D-1>At <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/">http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/</A=
> ,=20
"Lambing Flat's" mainpage for the HO model and NSWGR=20
information.</FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT size=3D-1>Or <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/rvrtitle.html">http://www.cia.com.a=
u/bullack/rvrtitle.html</A> =20
for the "Rurr Valley Railway", my G gauge garden =
line</FONT></B>=20
<BR><B><FONT size=3D-1></FONT></B> =
</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_014F_01BFB165.C7765EE0--
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<39098a24@iridium.webone.com.au>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailReferences:
<39050CB6.CA4D7DB8@cia.com.au> <39062f56@newshost.pcug.org.au> <3906dcce@iridium.webone.com.au> <39095CBE.4A157C97@cia.com.au>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11469f,d3ff56f17a5768e4 X-Google-Attributes: gid11469f,public X-Google-Thread: ff544,d3ff56f17a5768e4 X-Google-Attributes: gidff544,public From: "Derick Wuen" <cullend@webone.com.au> Subject: Re: Is this the steepest adhesion worked (model) railway in the world? Date: 2000/04/28 Message-ID: <39098a24@iridium.webone.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 616761217 Distribution: world References: <39050CB6.CA4D7DB8@cia.com.au> <39062f56@newshost.pcug.org.au> <3906dcce@iridium.webone.com.au> <39095CBE.4A157C97@cia.com.au> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-aru1.webone.com.au Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_014F_01BFB165.C7765EE0" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Trace: ozemail.com.au 956926503 203.102.39.2 (Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:55:03 EST) Organization: Web One Internet http://webone.com.au MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:55:03 EST Newsgroups: aus.rail.models,aus.rail