The Madison Incline: The History of the Steepest Railroad Grade in North America

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jordon412

33 Year Old Railfan

• May 2, 2018

• #1

Now available for hiking, trains have taken on this brutal 5.89% grade for almost 180 years. In fact, some of the things invented for this grade has become standard on locomotives manufactured today.

 

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jordon412

33 Year Old Railfan

• May 2, 2018

• #2

And here's a video of the uphill climb

 

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flyboy559

Using Trainz since 2003

• May 2, 2018

• #3

Steepest railroad? Well that makes me feel so much better about driving a speeder up a 9% grade in the rain today. They may need to clarify a bit about what makes this incline so special with the grade.

 

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JCitron

Trainzing since 12-2003

• May 2, 2018

• #4

flyboy559 said:

Steepest railroad? Well that makes me feel so much better about driving a speeder up a 9% grade in the rain today. They may need to clarify a bit about what makes this incline so special with the grade.

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lol My driveway is something like 5 times that, but then again it's rubber on pavement and not rails.

It's a pretty cool railroad too that ran it.