Gary, The only friction adhancer allowed was good old chalk.
Bruce Gathman On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:43:59 -0800, "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Good grief! Did the loco have amber rubbed on the drive wheel rims? >I would expect a rack loco to perform that well. But a simple traction loco >is amazing! >Gary - Running trains over Terror Trestle in Eugene, Oregon >http://www.angelfire.com/or/trainguy >http://community.webshots.com/user/raltzenthor > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Phil Paskos >To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam >Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:22 PM >Subject: Re: Re: Drawbar Pulling Competition Results > > >Good grief. That's incredible. I really do wish I was there to see that! >Phil > >Phil, > >My entry was correct - 46%. It totally threw me too. The >only adhesion improver allowed was chalking the rails. I >had devised a track that could be elevated to 22.5% grade >and we had to stack boxes etc under one end and calculate >the grade manually. The high end was barely reachable from >standing on a chair in a 12 foot length of track. We >immediately moved every thing off the tables to the floor > The links provided below are ways to donate to a cause or causes for free. www.bigcats.care2.com www.breastcancer.care2.com www.oceans.care2.com www.primates.care2.com www.rainforest.care2.com www.theanimalrescuesite.com www.thebreastcancersite.com www.thechildhealthsite.com www.thehungersite.com www.therainforestsite.com