QUOTE: Originally posted by tomikawaTT ...I don't see a 30/1000 (3%) grade as any big thing,.....and the cars are metal. (So are the wheels, and they are very free-rolling.)
QUOTE: The only way (short of building the actual trackage) to find out if your rolling stock will handle that, or any other, grade is to build a test fixture and try it...
QUOTE: Incidentally, if operating a scheduled train in two or more pieces, all of them are called sections and recorded on the train sheet as "first-xxx," "second-xxx," and so forth. ......
QUOTE: Originally posted by jpaauwe Wow thats a great answer, thank you. I have one more question for you. Would it make any difference to run larger engines like Dash 9's or SD70's?