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.