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I dont know what N scale inclines are in % but you need to consider how long your trains are going to be. That will be the load on your engines. If you can pull a train of 10 cars on the level track, a 3% grade probably will knock you down to 5 cars. You would have to run two locomotives (Powered) or even 3 to get the same 10 cars up the grade. In HO I wont do any more than 3% If you have curves AND a grade you will increase the load on the locomotives and decrease the number of cars you can safely pull without the whole thing being pulled off the track towards the inside of the curve. Others will help you with this subject, I gave only general ideas about grades.
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