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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by george745</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by CoBo</i> <br />Just curious, since I want to start a US modelRR, wouldn’t the powered helper derail the car's if the front locomotive’s go upgrade??? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />You would think so, but as long as the helper engine isn't faster than headend units you'll be fine. As the front of the train starts upgrade, The slack in the last cars will compress. Think of a spring going together. If your cars are properly weighted and you have sound track you'll be fine. <br />Andrew <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Andrew, your right! <br /> <br />A real problem is the start of the train when the front of the train is in a curve - this is a thriller. <br />And I run the train slowly, only with 25 scale mph. <br /> <br />My original train was built with E&C and LBF cars - not enough weight and bad trucks. So I replaced the trucks with Kadee´s, add weight into the tubes (as low as possible) and installed Kadee 5 coupler. Than it works. Derailments are not common! <br />Now I replace the Bethgons into the new Athearns - better detailed, good weight and trucks. The only change are the couplers, the plastic E-Z will not handle the train weight.
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