Suggestions for Locomotives?

[Amalynn]

I won't have a grade quite *that* steep, but a 2-4% grade is about normal for the grades on Broad Top Mountain. My plan for the quarry operation was to have the train come up the mountain ahead of the cars, drop them off, and pick up loads spotted on a runaround by the plant switcher, and back those cars down the mountain. Though I suppose it would make more sense to have a facing point loads track to store the loaded rock cars on, drop the empty hoppers at the passing siding then pull forward, grab the loaded rock cars, and back them down the mountain ahead of the cars, that way the engineer would be able to see the track on the way back down.

I am still working on the track plan for the quarry area, so bare with me, please lol