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I can't manage 100 car trains, but here's a list of the best locos for haulage (in my experience). All are HO. Bachmann Dash 8-40CW - this is amazing - it will haul on its own a train that gives a pair of Athearn Dash 9s some trouble. Three of these would probably handle this length of train, I only have one (bought from an LHS that had picked up a batch at clearance prices - cost me about 2/3rds of full retail and was excellent value for money). Athearn BB F7A/B (Super-Powered version). These are superb haulers and I'd suspect if you built a set of an A and several Bs - all powered (a consist used by the Chicago Great Western), it'd have little or no trouble with 100+ car trains. The Athearn DD40 could be made into a real heavy-hauler by adding lead ballast. I've done this with my single-motor version and it now weighs about twice as much. Sadly, the single motor isn't really up to the job - mine won't run steadily at very low speeds as the flywheels aren't big enough - for some reason Athearn fitted the "slimline" flywheels from their SW7! If I can uprate the motor (or ideally buy another and convert to twin-motors) this loco should be good. I'd also suggest trying the new Bachmann FTs - an ABBA set of these (B units are supposedly due this year) should be able to haul this size of train. The same could be said for their GP40/GP50, though I suspect these are a little lighter. I intend buying an A-B set of their FTs when both are available in CB&Q livery - will be adding detailing and a drawbar coupler between the units as per prototype.
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