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Hello, I am very new to the G lifestyle and want to put a 300 ft track in my back yard It has to be a UP track due tho the fact that there are 2 east west mainlines running 400 feet from my back garage. Talk about lifelike sound effects! Once a year or so UP's Big Boy steam loco goes through with an excursion train and such. Im not a big steam fanatic, (please dont hold that against me) but to see the biggest UP steam loco in real life sticks in your memory. I am looking at two locos by USA Trains. The GP38 and Sd40-2. I see enough SD70's and AC4400's along with a smattering of dash 8 nd 9's every day in real life So I dont want to model one. I know the SD40-2 should pull more than the geep due to 6 axles driving verses 4 but how many fullsize cars will the geep pull? Can I double head the GP38 to get more power? Will I have to go to a bigger power supply to doublehead? I want fairly long consits so I know I wont be able to take corners to tight due to the long trains. and the only grade I will have is a 6 ft bridge about a foot off the ground to cross my wifes koi pond which she wants to put in this summer but I have to do all the work (how did I get voted to do that? I dont even like fish.)[xx(] the grade will be maybe 1.5 at the most. . Please forgive any stupid questions as I am new to this fantastic pastime. I plan to read everything on this forum it is so great!
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