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<p>Im having trouble with transitions. I used 1 foot worth of track to form a transition at the bottom. It did ok but not that great. In fact I suspect that the effective transition is only 6 inches and accomodates a 40' boxcar.</p><p>Does this mean I have to generate a 2 foot long transition to accomodate heavyweight passenger cars? For example.. If I use a WS 3% grade ramp made of foam it will make a grade of a constant nature for about 12' I think until it gets a rise of 4 inches or roughly.</p><p>Does the new transitions of two feet each mean I need to turn that 12' long WS grade into something like 16 feet? Using one 2 foot transition at the bottom and one 2 foot transition at the top?</p><p>The reason I ask is because long time ago in another life, you would bend the sub road bed made of cookie cutter wood until you got the track to fit. It forms a sort of a natural transition.</p>
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