Re: (rshsdepot) Tunnel: 'Hidden historical asset of Baltimore'

["Jim Dent" <james.dent_@_itochu.com>]

While I am not sure about the 4.8% grade to the Howard St. Tunnel, Saluda
Grade in NC has a sustained grades of 4.5% and short stretches that exceed
5%.

Jim

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From: <CoolGuy127_@_aol.com>
To: <james.dent_@_itochu.com>; <rshsdepot@lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Tunnel: 'Hidden historical asset of Baltimore'


> In a message dated 07/19/2001 3:44:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> james.dent_@_itochu.com writes:
>
> << In 1890, Harwood said, the B&O finally "bit the bullet" and began
building
>  the Howard Street Tunnel. But that presented a whole new set of problems.
>  For one thing, the path from Camden Station to the tunnel's terminus at
>  Mount Royal Station was all uphill, a steep 4.8 percent grade.>>
>
>     4.8% grade??  That's can't be right!  Even the Saluda Grade, so far as
I
> recall, is not that steep!
>
>             Daniel Chazin
>             Teaneck, NJ
>

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