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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by APG45 The Uintah Railway is a good bet. A short line in Utah built to haul Gilsonite, an asphalt like substance. I think it is recognized as having the steepest grade for a standard rail system (non-cog). IIRC, it had grades around 10-13% and hairpin turns. I'm just going by memory on the grade so I may be off on the actual %. They had some articulated saddle-tank steam locomotives, not sure if they used any geared locos. There is a book called The Gilsonite Route (long OOP) documenting the line. The pictures are amazing--you wouldn't think a locomotive could manage those grades which look like rollar coasters. [/quote] According to one website on the history of the Uintah Railway, the Baxter Pass grade is a five-mile 7.5 % grade, with curves up to 65 degrees in curvature: http://home.bresnan.net/~bpratt15/a_longer_history.htm
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