Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
Gentlemen lets not talk around in circles; this is a specific problem and specific details are required to make a proper and correct evaluation. My track is properly laid and ballasted; all gradients are properly calculated, this 3 to 5 % is just not good enough, and no mention has been made of the curve involved with said gradient ,which has a greater effect than you would imagine. So a Stainz loco out of an LGB starter set will pull 2 normal starter set carriages plus a post office with ball bearing wheels up a 4 % gradient and around an R3 curve, without wheel slip and with ease. add a third carriage and it will still do it but with some wheel slip around the curve. My Stainz is now double heading with a powered tender and it will pull 5 carriages plus a post office up 4 % and around an R3 curve. As a result of MTS technology it memorises the track and the more it goes around the better it does it. The hard test is stop it on the rise and see if it will start at all or even better start without wheel spin. Get your track properly ballasted and properly in position, including proper camber; measure the gradient properlyy. The rise in centimeters divided by the distance in meters will automatically give you the % gradient. ie 20 cm / 5 meters = 4 %. Hope this helps. Rgds ian
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag