Good morning all,

Last week, a group of modular minded modelers gathered for a 3 day "invitational" event in SE Indiana. Pictures and video link to follow.

Thanks in advance for looking!

Tim Moran Akron, OH

Building a small Mom and Pop coal distributor and need a ramp up to 9 scale feet. So in doing the calculations for the grade up to the 9 foot deck I came across a % grade calculator.

www.inchcaculator.com

Rise over Run to Percent Calculator - Inch Calculator

Any way on with my question is 5% too much for a coal dump?

To obtain a 3% grade i will need 300 scale feet in HO. 200 ft is 4.5%.

Here's a video I shot on my layout.

"On a fine spring morning in 1978, I headed out to Plattsburgh to see what I could catch on the D&H Champlain Division. First up was SC-19, the Whitehall-Rouses Point local freight, with a Geep on point. After clearing the yard, SC-12, the Plattsburgh local, headed out onto the siding, and after picking up a boxcar, headed up to the GP mill. After watching them switch the mill, we caught them down at the yard again to wrap up this day of railfanning on the D&H."

Enjoy!