Tractive Effort question

[bando]

Something I can't figure out on the tractive effort page on the wiki:

in the final section, "A Combination of the Two" there's a box with a formula for tractive effort on an incline. The second line in the box reads:

800 (tons) * 3 (%) * 100 N = 240,000 N * 2 (incline length) / 10 (number shown in depot) = 48,000 N

What is the "number shown in depot"? I can't seem to find that in the game.

[bando]

Not sure where my first post on this topic disappeared to.

I've got a couple questions from the wiki article on Tractive Effort.

One is how you calculate the percentage of a slope. The formulas for inclines mention a 3% slope, but I'm not sure where you can find that information. A 50m climb counts as what % of slope?

[eV_Vgen]

One is how you calculate the percentage of a slope. A 50m climb counts as what % of slope?

You choose this value in the settings. In the physics tab you can change what a height of 1 tile will amount to in percentage for road vehicles or trains.

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What is the "number shown in depot"? I can't seem to find that in the game.

It's the total number of cars on your train, including the engine. Basically, 1 car is 0.5 tile in length on vanilla settings. Here is how it looks in-game. The newGRF set with a varying car length makes calculations a little bit harder.

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