ruling grade
nounRailroads.
the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
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How to use ruling grade in a sentence
There was only one choice of locations: the valley line, where the ruling grade is about nominal.
Sunlight Patch | Credo Fitch HarrisIn other words, what is known as the "ruling grade" is a function, strictly speaking, of the length as well as the rate of grade.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 | Beverly S. RandolphIn the tunnels east of the Terminal Station the ruling grade is 1.5% for both east-bound and west-bound traffic.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 | Charles W. Raymond
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