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I've had no trouble running 2 or 3 locos in a train and I've seen 3-6 run together at clubs. I have tested all of my engines against each other to see which run together best, fastest one in front. If an engine outruns another quickly in a very short period of time, I won't put them together. I'll run units that match speed somewhat close together at start up & up to speed, and they don't get hot. I run N scale and found these models run together pretty well, though sometimes the same engine from same manufacturer will run at different speeds too. N scale consists I've run: ***Atlas SD60 with Kato SD40-2 and SD9040 and SD45 and Dash 9. ***Newer Atlas slow motor Dash 8 with GP38 and B36-7. I have Older Atlas and Life Like engines that have to go solo because they are too fast or too slow. I've been doing this for a while with very clean track and no problems with any of these engines so far. It's better to pull that push! <br />Later, Pete
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