[AT] Fwd: Re: Test

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Wed Dec 9 20:46:49 PST 2015


On 12/9/2015 10:15 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Ralph, that's 120 feet fall in 52,800 feet of run.
> That's about 2/10 percent grade.  A locomotive will run on
> 3 percent grade!
>
> Charlie
That 120 foot fall was real handy for hauling grain to town. Grossing 30,000
pounds with only 180 hp I learned to really appreciate the advantage of a
mostly downhill run to town.

Ralph in Sask.
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