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    FROM THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE ARCHIVES

    Jan 02, 2020 2 minutes
    CHRIS MILNER

    100 YEARS AGO JANUARY 1920

    Steep inclines worked by adhesion

    From St David’s, Exeter, to Queen Street Station the gradient is 1-in-37. This is exceeded in severity by two miles at 1-in-36 on the Ilfracombe branch; while there are several instances of 1-in-37and  even 1-in-33 on various

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