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If I'm building a below-level staging yard that has a separate entrance and exit, does the grade down to the yard matter much? It seems to me that since the trains will always be going downhill to enter the yard, and the drop to the yard will be hidden, that I don't have to worry quite as much if the grade approaches 4% or even 5% in order to drop level fairly fast. I figure the grade back up won't be more than 2.5% or so (which is what I'm trying to keep my ruling grade at), so trains coming out of the yard won't have to struggle. But going into the yard downhill shouldn't matter, right? <br /> <br />---joe <br />
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