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I usually keep my train lengths to about 15 cars. A friend's layout with 3% grades determines it due to the pulling power of my Broadway engines. I can go 20 cars in a overload or 26 cars with a helper on double head and still be able to start and stop. <br /> <br />The train reaches near 18 feet that is significant when you are trying to get past another train on a siding. The biggest I have seen is about 30+ cars. I would hate to be the yard master to have to break that one up on a 22 car yard.
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