Due to the steep gradient, it cannot be used for passengers.
It is accessed by a road with very steep gradients on either side of the village.
The steepest gradient of the section was 1 in 11.
Down below us, about one or two hundred meters away at the bottom of a steep gradient, was a river.
Only one crossing over a public road was required and no steep gradients were involved.
It is also a good one to trek around if you are not shy of steep gradients.
There were some quite steep gradients the greatest of which was 1 in 72.
The faster a train can go, the more momentum it has, and the less of a problem a steep gradient is.
All of these are necessary due to the extremely steep gradient with which the hills rise.
The steepest gradients were two stretches at 1 in 75.