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I dont know how much a grade would affect it, but we have one club member that regularly pulls a train with 114 Bowser 100 ton hoppers with loads (plus caboose) on our modular layout with 3 Atlas GP40's. Alot of times we have set up where the floors have been less than flat, and have a grade to contend with, but we've never tried to measure it. A full 2 percent grade, I would guess, could be handled by 5 geeps, but a lot depends on the cars too. All of the cars in this train have metal wheels and are weighted at the bottom to alleviate "pull over" on turns.
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