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It has been a while since I have been in the hobby of model railroading. I have retained my HO Scale locomotives and rolling stock. My first model railroad was a 4X4 set and at that time I had only two locomotives and few rolling stock. I am up to about 7 locomotives and about 20 pieces of rolling stock. I have an area in my basement that is 12 X 20 feet. My main issue is trying to figure out how I can lay track so that I can run a locomotive with say (4) Walthers 85' Amfleet/Horizen coaches. I have been trying to stay away from using 18" radius track. Is 22" radius acceptable for this? Aother issue is figuring how to determine % of grade. In my notes I have that 2% is an acceptable grade. All of my previous layouts were boring because there was no grade. <br />When it comes to my passenger trains I wanted to model push and pull service and build along the walls. I would plan on finishing it in sections but would like to at least start with working on the grades and laying track. I am impressed with the layout in Model Railroader March 2005 issue ppg. 49 -55. <br />I have a whole collection of HO scale vehicles from Atlas, Boley, Herpa, ConCor, Road Champs, Monogram and others that I would like to incorporate. <br /> <br />If you have have any answers to my questions please let me know.
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