09-30-2014, 09:12 PM
Ralph, the grade starts here (track at the right) in South Cayuga (see the layout room diagram at the beginning of this thread):
![[Image: Layoutroomphotos024.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Layout%20room%20tour/Layoutroomphotos024.jpg)
...then crosses the high bridge in the background and continues towards the viewer in the photo below:
![[Image: Layoutroomphotos016.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Layout%20room%20tour/Layoutroomphotos016.jpg)
...then continues upwards and around the peninsula portion shown in the layout diagram (that's South Cayuga, seen below, in the distance at left):
![[Image: Morelayoutviews006.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Layout%20room%20tour/Morelayoutviews006.jpg)
and finally arriving more-or-less above the tunnel portal in Elfrida. The grade is mostly 2.5%, with a short section near the bottom at about 2.8%, and much of it is on curves - 34" radius, except near the top, where there's an "S" bend of 44" and 48" radii curves. Total length of the climb will be more than 45', or 3/4 of a mile in HO:
![[Image: Layoutroomphotos027.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Layout%20room%20tour/Layoutroomphotos027.jpg)
Wayne
...then crosses the high bridge in the background and continues towards the viewer in the photo below:
...then continues upwards and around the peninsula portion shown in the layout diagram (that's South Cayuga, seen below, in the distance at left):
and finally arriving more-or-less above the tunnel portal in Elfrida. The grade is mostly 2.5%, with a short section near the bottom at about 2.8%, and much of it is on curves - 34" radius, except near the top, where there's an "S" bend of 44" and 48" radii curves. Total length of the climb will be more than 45', or 3/4 of a mile in HO:
Wayne