PERCENT
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The measure of slope or inclination of track. See Grade.
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The percent of the total weight on a locomotive's driving wheels that is available for traction; also called adhesion coefficient, it's the measure of how well a locomotive grips the rail.
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It loses a percentage of troops to enemy fire (Choose that base number to be 10% or 25%. 10% is considered more realistic, but 25% is more playable) Should it win the morale roll, it will not have to check morale again until it loses more men.
Fractions and percentages are both specific applications of ratios. Fractions relate the part (the numerator) to the whole (the denominator) while percentages indicate parts per 100.
Usually quoted as a percentage, this is the point in a piston stroke at which the supply of steam to the cylinder is cut off by the closing of the valves.
In the USA, gradients are usually quoted as rise over distance expressed as a percentage, for example 1% means the track rises 1 unit for every 100 units travelled, and 3% means a 3 unit rise per 100 units travelled.
Mutual funds, on the other hand, have three main costs: loads (fees charged when you purchase or sell a mutual fund), annual expense ratio (fees charged as a percentage of your total investment), and turnover (spreads, ...
Expressed as a percentage, grades indicate how steeply tracks climb. A 2 percent grade means a rise of two units for every 100 units of travel -- or simply a rise of 2 inches for 100 inches.
There also cannot be more than thirty-three percent of all tonnage in the rear twenty-five percent of the train. This restriction reduces the potential for severe run in of slack under certain conditions.
The 18-8 stainless steel, a non-corrosive alloy consisting of 18 percent chromium and eight percent nickel, has a tensile strength three times that of ordinary steel.
The track grade is expressed as the percentage of its rise for the length of its run. For example,if you have 100 inches of model railroad track, and the train climbs one inch, then the grade is 1%.
Rate of rise or fall of the grade line, expressed as a percentage of length; feet of rise or fall per 100 feet of length. Also, gradient. A steady rise or fall of one foot per 100 feet is a 1% grade.
Grade crossing. See Crossing, grade.
The vertical rise or fall of a track per 100 units of distance, expressed as a percentage. A 2" rise in 100" is a 2 percent grade.
Grade crossing
Arrangement that allows track to cross a road or highway on the same level.
A publication containing classification ratings (a percentage of first class) and rules different (usually lower) from the classification ratings and rules shown in the uniform freight classification. See Uniform Freight Classification.
It is a rather thick paint and will need to be thinned by as much as fifty percent with water, in order to pass through an air-brush. Only external mix air brushes are recommended, due to the thickness of the paint, even when thinned.
5 percent the size of equivalent HO scale model trains. This means that you can build an N scale model train set layout in an area about 30% of that area needed to build a similar model train layout in HO scale.
The degree of inclined elevation of the track's surface over a given distance, usually expressed as a percentage.
Green Eye
Clear signal to proceed.
Grade - Gradient slope to the horizontal, as a percentage, of rise or fall.
Grade Crossing - Where a street or highway crosses the railroad. Also where two tracks cross each other.
San Francisco and Philadelphia have a significant percentage of their track in this configuration.
 See also: Track, Standard, Current, Engine, Point
  
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