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RH&DR Gradient Profile

Discussion in 'Narrow Gauge Railways' started by William Coleman, Sep 2, 2015.

  1. William Coleman

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    I was wondering if there is a gradient profile for the RH&DR that someone could send me? Just curious and also for a project I'm working on.
     
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    The line doesn't cross a single contour line on the OS map and would seem to stay within 3 and 6 metres above seal level so a billiard table would probably do as a gradient profile. :)
     
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  3. William Coleman

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    Well its for a train simulator route I'm attempting I know its almost completely flat but I still need one for embankments etc.. :)
     
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    Seal level? o_O That's a new way of describing the beach I suppose, though I've never seen a seal there...

    Funnily enough, I was at the RHDR on holiday a week or two ago and asked a driver about gradients: apparently coming out of New Romney towards Dungeness climbs a little bit, enough to make picking up a big train a bit of a handful. (It is noticeable as the track disappears under the low bridge at that end of the station). That's the only one he mentioned. Even so (hypothetically) 100 - 200 metres at 1 in 100 would be plenty to tax an engine with the whole train on the grade, without involving a climb of more than 1 - 2 metres of actual gain.

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    Isn't there a gradient leaving Hythe? I really need to visit the railway but its so far away..
     
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    I have and I basically got told there isn't any apart from the 1/100 out of New Romney towards Dungeness :)
     
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