Talk:Whitland and Cardigan Railway

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Summit

Reference 6 has:

< as far as Glogue it climbed continuously at 1 in 40 to 1 in 50, with a final steep section at 1 in 35. After Glogue the line fell with a ruling gradient of 1 in 40. >

but this is nonsense. Crymych is something like 250 feet higher than Glogue. (700 vs. 450, in round numbers). The summit is evidently only a matter of yards (metres, if you must) from Crymych Arms station.

81.131.36.98 (talk) 15:38, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there's a gradient profile in

Price, Martin R. Connop (1991) [1976]. The Whitland & Cardigan Railway. The Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. p. 62. ISBN 0-85361-409-1. OL39.

which shows that the summit is a short level stretch a little to the north of Crymmych Arms. Indeed, the text on page 77 says Beyond Glogue the hills became bleaker and the gradients worsened until just befory Crymmych there was a 500 yd stretch at 1 in 35. and on page 82: North of Crymmych the Cardigan Extension Railway climbed through a deep rock cutting to the summit.

I think that if we change "Glogue" to "Crymmych", giving "as far as Crymmych it climbed continuously at 1 in 40 to 1 in 50, with a final steep section at 1 in 35. After Crymmych the line fell with a ruling gradient of 1 in 40.", it reads more correctly, if not perfectly accurate. But I can't find where these sentences occur in the article, so can't correct it. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:19, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]