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Do not start in getting the two quiries scale and grade, mixed up or you will get totally confused. The scale that you are in in 1/160th of the size of the real thing. If you are going to do some measuring (feet and inches) you need to convert those measurements to your scale (1/160th), when you are at your hobby shop get a scale ruler. It converts everything from feet and inches to the appropriate length in your scale. Grade is the amount of incline or decline given over a given distance. Two percent is a two foot rise/fall over one hundred feet in real feet and inches. Now for N scale, sorry I'm in HO, I think it works out to 1 inches over 4 feet to give you a 2 percent grade. 01/48 X 100 = 100/48= 2.08 percent. Hope this helps,enjoy. Ron
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