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I'm in the midst of building my latest (and best) layout and faced similar questions when constructing it. <br /> <br />I decided that I'd limit myself to a 1.5% per foot maxiimum grade change, and I tried to keep it to a 1% per foot change. Where did I get that number? I pulled it out of the air. <br /> <br />I've also heard that you should keep your vertical curves (that's what we're talking about here) to no less than a 56" radius. If you draw it out it's something like how I laid it out for myself. <br /> <br />Having gone from 4% to zero in 1 foot before, I can tell you that it won't work for a lot of rolling stock, and looks funny as well. <br /> <br />Mark in Utah
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