Inside the Track July 8, 2020 By Editor & filed under Uncategorized. Thanks for signing up for the Model Railroad Academy newsletter. Click any of the thumbnails below to watch the tour. Take a Tour of Greg Smith’s Layout Take a Tour of Chooch Rivard’s Layout Take a Tour of Bill Briggs’ Layout Take a Tour of the Newport Model Railroad Club Layout (Part 1) Take a Tour of the Newport Model Railroad Club Layout (Part 2) Take a Tour of Doug Hodgdon’s Citrus District Layout Take a Tour of Brad Sveum’s Layout Take a Tour of Ken Ziska’s Layout Take a Tour of Ken Ziska’s Layout (Part Two) Discussion Click here to cancel reply. Name (required) Mail (required) (will not be published) Website 3 Responses to “Inside the Track” Bruce kepke September 12th, 2020 I like ho trains Reply SHERRIL March 4th, 2021 This is very nice. My plan is to build a track that has a incline and descend from 6500ft to 8500ft and actually climb a mountain? What percentage of grade could I use for a 50 mile trip one way? Reply Customer Service March 9th, 2021 Hey Sherril, Here’s what the experts had to say about your question: Well a 2% gradient in considered a maximum for scale trains and the real ones as well. Douglas Designs Douglas Hodgdon Model Railroad Academy Expert Reply
SHERRIL March 4th, 2021 This is very nice. My plan is to build a track that has a incline and descend from 6500ft to 8500ft and actually climb a mountain? What percentage of grade could I use for a 50 mile trip one way? Reply
Customer Service March 9th, 2021 Hey Sherril, Here’s what the experts had to say about your question: Well a 2% gradient in considered a maximum for scale trains and the real ones as well. Douglas Designs Douglas Hodgdon Model Railroad Academy Expert Reply
I like ho trains
This is very nice. My plan is to build a track that has a incline and descend from 6500ft to 8500ft and actually climb a mountain? What percentage of grade could I use for a 50 mile trip one way?
Hey Sherril,
Here’s what the experts had to say about your question:
Well a 2% gradient in considered a maximum for scale trains and the real ones as well.
Douglas Designs
Douglas Hodgdon
Model Railroad Academy Expert