Darlington Railway Station Gradient Marker Post 454/426
A lineside gradient marker post inside Darlington Railway Station in County Durham (UK).
Gradient markers are located where the gradient of the track changes. The arms on the marker indicate the direction of the gradient each side of the post.
This particular post indicates that to the left, the track will incline or rise by 1 in 454 (1:454) and to the right the track will decline or drop by 1 in 426 (1:426).
As the second numbers are quite high on this marker, I would consider that the gradients north and south of Darlington Station are slight.
The steepest section of main line railway in the United Kingdom is Lickey Incline near Birmingham with a gradient of 1 in 37.7 (1:37.7).
;-)
Darlington Railway Station Gradient Marker Post 454/426
A lineside gradient marker post inside Darlington Railway Station in County Durham (UK).
Gradient markers are located where the gradient of the track changes. The arms on the marker indicate the direction of the gradient each side of the post.
This particular post indicates that to the left, the track will incline or rise by 1 in 454 (1:454) and to the right the track will decline or drop by 1 in 426 (1:426).
As the second numbers are quite high on this marker, I would consider that the gradients north and south of Darlington Station are slight.
The steepest section of main line railway in the United Kingdom is Lickey Incline near Birmingham with a gradient of 1 in 37.7 (1:37.7).
;-)