How steep of a hill can a train go up?

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A grade of 4%, IE: four feet of rise for every one hundred feet on run, is about the maximum grade that most modern locomotives can go up. Most grades are less.

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The first space ships were trains. They would build the tracks totally vertical and the trains would go straight up into space. The only problem was they could not get them to stop coming back down. They would always crash.

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depends on the length, grade, and how fast they are going before the hill. if you notice next time you wait on one, there are little tubes that come down in front of the power wheels that shoot out sand to provide traction on the tracks

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Without a rack, 2% or 3% is considered to be steep, specially if it is a long pull. Here is a steam loco designed 70 years ago to go over a long 1.14% gradient. It has 16 driving wheels.

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Most locomotives designed for steep gradients have small driving wheels.

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Here is a locomotive that was designed 120 years ago for light loads to be pulled fast over flat country. It has one pair of very large driving wheels.

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