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Originally Posted by bardak
While the railway that was quoted was a tram the same reason it can climb a 14%+ grade is the same reason you could do a passenger train bridge over the Fraser. You seem to be assuming that all trains are only capable of climbing a very small grades that most mainline rail is designed with. A small tram like the one previously quoted can climb high grades due to a higher power to weight ratio. I believe that most mainline rail is designed for a 1% grade but a passenger rail line run on a 3.5% grade. A 3.5% grade would require approaches of approximately 1.5km which is long but not unreasonable.
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I assume that since the LINT can go up to 180km/h, it has a high power-weight ratio. And that it's high enough to make it over the bridge.
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