I am not from Missouri but a picture is worth more than words, right? Here is a very short YT video of my testing my Athearn BB. This one is from their initial run. Strange consist? Well yeah, but this is all I had available. This video shows her climbing a 2% grade with actually a double s curve built in. The bad part is I was running her way too fast but there as no slow down or hesitation Pulls well, be well, Carl