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[quote user="rs2mike"]Yeah good question.  I have no idea how to take line on a paper to an actual track plan?  How do you guys do it.  Especially how do you do elevation changes.  I am so confused[xx(][/quote]You take a peice of solid wire... size does not matter. Put one end on the track at a bridge. Then bend the wire back to the start of that grade. Usually there is 4 inches involved in climbing one track over another.Mark the wire where the grade starts.Take the wire to the measurements bar below or near the plan usually in HO scale one square = 1 real life foot (12 inches) The distance from your mark to the end of the wire is the distance of the grade in actual feet.
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