Pulling a 4% grade

[pdlethbridge]

Giving the appearance of grades is the best thing to do, that way you can show off how good a puller the Shay is. Just don't tell anyone your secret.

[lmackattack]

dont forget....you can always add a "powered car" to help a single engine pull a normal string of cars over grades.

here is a vid of a 62 car train pulled by a steam engine and a powered car. maxed out I can pull about 70 cars with this combo or 110 cars with 2 powered cars! makes a great show also!

http://www.youtube.com/user/Lmackattack#p/a/u/2/IA28-zblCm8