by Agent at Clicquot
hi all
Anyone know what the grades of the former Marlboro Branch are? I've biked it once and discovered, once r.r. west of Hudson, the trail is not exactly flat.
I didn't think the rail trail followed a rail alignment until I found embedded rail in a couple of grade crossings in Marlboro. How I would have liked to have seen steam on this branch!
Anyhoo, I'm headed down to Maryland to ride the former Western Maryland-turned rail trail over the Alleghenies in early October. That route is reported to have a 1.75% ruling grade on the westbound climb from Cumberland.
I'd like to know what the grade were (are?) for the Marlboro Branch so that I might compare to those on the WMRy (and do a little pre-trip "training").
* JB *
PS - oh yeah ... pun intended!
Anyone know what the grades of the former Marlboro Branch are? I've biked it once and discovered, once r.r. west of Hudson, the trail is not exactly flat.
I didn't think the rail trail followed a rail alignment until I found embedded rail in a couple of grade crossings in Marlboro. How I would have liked to have seen steam on this branch!
Anyhoo, I'm headed down to Maryland to ride the former Western Maryland-turned rail trail over the Alleghenies in early October. That route is reported to have a 1.75% ruling grade on the westbound climb from Cumberland.
I'd like to know what the grade were (are?) for the Marlboro Branch so that I might compare to those on the WMRy (and do a little pre-trip "training").
* JB *
PS - oh yeah ... pun intended!