new lego train plan

[addiie]

so,

this is my first post here and I just get started.

let me introduce myself
I am addiie(not real name) from the Netherlands
I have always been playing around with lego but now is the time to go big.
soon I wil buy a house with my girlfriend and yes she agreed my building plans.

so in the picture there are 3 parts:
base plate
upper part
metro(lower part)

my question is do you guys have an idea how to slope the rails?
 

I am pleased to hear parts that I need to remodel because I made a mistake and I just want it to be done so I can start building as soon as I am done with the house

 

p.s. sorry for my mistakes in my English I am still learning the grammatical part (i am a dyslect and yes i have trouble with learning new language but still doing my best)

[Andy Glascott]

Welcome to Eurobricks addiie. Sloping the rails is a challenge, the gradient needs to be quite shallow, I work on a 2 plate height increase for every section of track. There’s lots of good advice in the Train Tech Master Index, scroll down to the section, go to the Tutorials and Discussion section and click on The Train Techopedia.  Once there scroll down to the Track and Layout Design section and find the subgroup inclines and multi level layouts - it has links to lots of articles about how to slope rails. 

[JopieK]

Welcome Addiie, hope you will enjoy it here :) Nice design!

[Dav1d]

I find a train can go up hill with not too much difficulty - but the trouble is going down hill and having a curve at the bottom - the train will come off the track if it's going too fast.  

[zephyr1934]

Welcome Addiie,

I've heard a recommended slope of 1 plate per 16 studs, but regardless, slopes of any significant height are difficult. In your limited space you might need a spiral, at which point it would probably be easier just to move the trains by hand. If you really want the trains to be able to change levels and none of the above works for you, you could always think out of the box, e.g., a rack railway (putting these between the rails and use a cog below the engine to climb/descend at a controlled speed) or an inclined lift where cars are pulled up a steep grade by a cable. In any event, before you start building your layout you build up a few test cases and see if you come up with something that works for you.