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The bad thing about using SANTA FE prototype locomotive on my fictional "Almont Nothing" is the lack of 'ticks since the Santa Fe only had two classes. They had the monster 2-10-10-2 and the N&W's 2-8-8-2. I've got two of the Proto 2-8-8-2's and I'm about like cp5415, I can't justify these two locos on my 13' X 15' layout. Of course my towns are also not 35 miles apart. I don't run these locos to see how long a train they will pull. I give them 12 to 15 cars and watch them go. I also have a complete Balboa Daylight and Lark train that are pulled buy a proto E-7 A-B-B-A and spectrum SP 4-8-2. When I run the passenger trains their isn't a lot of room left over but, that's the trouble with my layout size. It irritates me to read Tony Koster and his "no tracks parallel to the edge of the table" and then when he builds he does just that. Some of our other gurus tell us that we have to have a 50+ car train to use the big locos - BULL. I have a 2.5% grade and use locos from PFM's 2-8-0 to the proto 2-8-8-2. When the wife and I were on vacation this past Janurary, we were driving through New Mexico or Arizonia and we saw a train, I kid you not, six diesels and four cars. The only problem I see with my layout is my 2-10-4's won't fit on my turntable. The five finger turntable has to turn them around. Of course I just have some facing east and some facing west. I have a sign in the train room that reads "If you don't like the order in which these trains are operated, please notice the mistle toe attached to the owners shirt tail". I'm in this hobby for fun, if I want stress I can go to work, I've got two employees that think that is their job. Have a blessed day and rememberSANTA FE ALL THE WAY Bob
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