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Title: How steep a grade is reasonable for most On30 locomotives
Post by: MLampner on December 17, 2016, 04:11:45 PM
Any guidance on how steep a grade most On30 locos can climb. My current On30 loco is the Bachman 28326 a 4-4-0 configuration steamer.  Any thoughts on grade would be helpful.
Title: Re: How steep a grade is reasonable for most On30 locomotives
Post by: dutchbuilder on December 17, 2016, 05:18:36 PM
Depends on how much load you are pulling.
My max is 4%.

Ton
Title: Re: How steep a grade is reasonable for most On30 locomotives
Post by: Kevin Strong on December 17, 2016, 10:20:17 PM
I found my Bachmann mogul didn't like pulling 5 cars up anything steeper than 3%. I had to tweak the height of one section of my railroad to allow the loco to pull the train between the two without slipping.

Later,

K