Good thing railways are pretty level...

"Berang" (berang) 04/07/2017 at 09:16 • Filed to: None

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So this 20hp model T train can cope... I wonder if it still relied on the stock transmission brake.

Same idea, just narrow gauge:

Pixel > Berang 04/07/2017 at 09:29

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Hey, we locked the wheels & there is no reason to steer, so we also removed the steering wheel. But we left the steering shaft in place, so if you crash it will immediately impale you in the chest. Sound good?

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Pixel 04/07/2017 at 09:55

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That’s where controls like the throttle and spark advance are located.

Pixel > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 04/07/2017 at 10:00

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Oh I know, I was just greatly amused when the guy got in and sat behind what was essentially a spear.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Pixel 04/07/2017 at 10:07

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They did safety a bit different back then.

Berang > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 04/07/2017 at 10:08

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nothing will go wrong as long as nothing goes wrong

Cé hé sin > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 04/07/2017 at 10:09

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Oooh, the driver as the deformable crash structure! The Porsche 917 did that too (and was probably far from unique).

Cé hé sin > Berang 04/07/2017 at 10:12

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Yes, the railways usually have a different interpretation of gradient:

1 in 67 would be regarded as challenging.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Cé hé sin 04/07/2017 at 10:13

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Even the 917 had the driver mostly behind the front wheel. The Star Hunter however...

http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/there-really-was-a-cab-forward-racecar-and-it-was-wonde-1788674995

Berang > Cé hé sin 04/07/2017 at 10:19

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Somebody F’d up when they laid this section of 1 in 14, look in the distance to really see how steep it is. The Hopton Incline was the steepest incline worked by adhesion in England.

Cé hé sin > Berang 04/07/2017 at 16:18

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An interesting subject, what the railways call adhesion and the rest us traction.

The steepest inclines you’re likely to find using conventional adhesion include tramways because all wheel drive. I came across an example recently - my local town used electric trams up to the 1930s and in one particular location the disused rails were just covered over rather than being dug up. They were recently rediscovered during road works and left exposed as a historical feature and you can see that about two lengths from a standing start the tram managed to get up a slope much steeper than that.

Very high speed multiple units cope best with inclines because low weights, lots of driven axles and huge power outputs - one of the ICE high speed lines in Germany does 1 in 24 at one point.