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The steepest adhesion grade on a US common carrier railroad was (is) the 5.89% Madison Hill grade on the former Pennsylvania Railroad branch from Columbus to Madison, Indiana. This excludes, cog, inclined plane, logging and tourist railways. The grade descends for a distance of maybe 3/4 mile down into the Ohio River Valley town of Madison. Today it is operated by a shortline, the Madison Railroad. The Madison Hill grade was originally an inclined plane but under PRR ownership it became an adhesion line over which the PRR operated steam locomotives designed specifically for this grade. The locomotives that operated over the years on the Madison Hill were unique one-of-a kind, not to be found elswhere on the PRR roster.
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