Talk:Combe Down Tunnel
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[edit] The slope
The tunnel is described as "climbing towards Bath" but this means that the line is climbing away from its summit toward the River Avon although it crosses the latter on a fairly low bridge. Ir also has the accidental runaway mentioned doing so in uphill. I suspect it is wrong. Britmax 18:30, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
The summit (of this section of the line) is just at the north entrance to the tunnel, so the article is right. Trains were often banked up from Bath to the tunnel entrance; the banking engines then reversed back down the slope into Bath while the train proceeded downhill inside the tunnel and then down the valley to Midford. The slope northbound from Midford to and through the tunnel wasn't steep enough to require banking. Johnlp 18:46, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
