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Let me rephrase what i said about putting the good loco first, I mean the one with the best electrical pickup system. A toy lifelike may run faster by itself, but if you put it first in a multi and it hits a dirt spot it will slam itself into the trailing loco due to coupler slack. If you put it behind the good loco it may be geared faster, but when under load it has less power and will tend to be pulling against the good loco in the lead which has the more power. So when it hits a dead spot it is already pulling against the slack and will not cause as much bucking. This is just a rule of thumb and not an absolute. You soon learn which locos like each other and how they run best together and run them that way. I think very few of us really have a power shortage. FRED
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