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18747	Randolph, B. S. (Beverly S.)	Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Locomotive Performance On Grades Of Various Lengths, Paper No. 1172			.txt	text/plain	5768	448	84	the rate of grade encountered in the practical operation of railways. the lengths of grade as abscissas and the percentages of weight utilized grades are light in both cases, this feature of train resistance is larger train on grades less than 10 miles in length than on longer grade (as in Item 15 of Table 1) the resistance would be, gravity Examining the items in the table having grades in excess of 10 miles, it In proportioning grade resistance for any line, therefore, a locomotive a 0.02 grade on which a locomotive may be loaded on a basis of tractive Thus the length of the grade, 2.44 miles, makes the tractive is a grade of the same rate, about 1 mile long, near this hill, and a using heavier rates of grade on shorter hills than 10 miles, and indeed grades for 9-3/4 miles, a 29-ton engine	./cache/18747.txt	./txt/18747.txt