My fancy grade gauge - wood

My fancy grade gauge - wood block with markings clamped to the end of a level.  Seems to work well.

Flin Flon Junction with left track leading to lower staging, right track heads to Flin Flon.  The apparent grade here is more than reality as the left track drops at 3% and the right track has a 2% grade up to Channing.  I have to figure out how to hide the grade here as the prototype has minimal grades.  Perhaps a LOT of trees and big rock outcrops will do the trick.

The "trench" down to staging, to the left is the track to Flin Flon.

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Looking good. Please feel free to post more pictures of your layout

For your 2% grade, how long is it from top of the grade to the bottom (where it levels out?)

2% grade

The 2% grade in the pictures is quite short, probably about 4 feet actual length.  One thing I want to try and capture is some of the up and down over the terrain between Flin Flon and The Pas, some due to the lay of the land and some due to poor track maintenance.  Some more northerly areas of the line to Churchill travel over permafrost which has caused issues with roadbed stability.  Over the years the railway has tried various means to stabilize the roadbed, with variable success. 

Another area with grade will be in my helix which is not yet built to go between the two levels.  5 turn helix in the adjacent room which according to my SCARM drawing should have a grade of just under 2%.

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Thank you for your response: 2% in 4 feet + Helix comments.

I can imagine what the right of way might look like especially over permafrost.

That is a cool idea mimicking low/high point of he roadbed. Northern Manitoba rr must provide for lots of unique vignette as well. 

Thanks for the feedback