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I find that, as far as single-level equipment is concerned, 3 or 5 passenger cars behind a single locomotive look good. If you're doing single level, for a long-distance run, a sleeper and 2 coaches (3 cars), or two sleepers and three coaches (5 cars) should do the trick. I read somewhere that an odd number of cars looks better to the eye, and I found that to be true. For the Superliners, because of their size, I think that 5 is the minimum you need for a good looking train. As for the motive power, you can get an P40/42 ($30-70), F59PHI ($50-70), F40PH ($40-80), AEM-7 electric ($80-100), or an E60 electric if you can find it somewhere (I bought mine on eBay for $30). If you like kitbashing, you can get a Jouef French BB36000 ($150-200), and kitbash it into a passable HHP-8 electric (the prototype HHP-8 is a close derivative of the prototype BB36000).
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