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How many engines needed to pull 100+ car train
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122 car coal train: prototype: BNSF - Powder River <br /> <br />Cars: E&C Shops / LBF Bethgons with Kadee trucks and couplers <br /> <br />Locos: 5 Kato SD70MAC / 4 SD70MAC and 1 AC4400 - 3 at the point - 2 DPU <br /> <br />Runs perfect - at our club layout here - at home I have no space for such a train at the moment. <br />I control the train with a german computer control system called Gahler + Ringstmeyer MpC-Classic [url]http://www.gahler.de/index1025683547.htm[/url]. <br /> <br />G+R MpC-Classic isn´t easy to declare: The engines are DC but layout is DCC ! <br /> <br />A Personalcomputer controls my layout but the interface between me and the layout is a "normal" controlboard. <br /> <br />With this system such a train with rear end helpers is no problem. <br /> <br />I change the Bethgons into Athearns - looks much better than the LBF!
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