by ut-1
In December's Trains magazine, pages 56-57, a map details the highest and steepest points on America's classic railroads. It is stated that the DL&W's steepest grade was "Scranton-Pocono Summit, Pa 1.8%". However, in Taber's excellent two volume treatise, "The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century", it is asserted that "The Utica Branch had the stiffest main line grade on the railroad, 1.8%, from Clayville to Paris on Paris Hill" (Volume I, page 322).
Who is correct, Trains or Taber?
Who is correct, Trains or Taber?