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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by crzink Along that train of thought, what can anyone suggest as a replacement motor for a Spectrum Decapod? Mine is less than three years old, and just hasn't got the cajones to pull more than 6 - 8 cars up a 2% grade? I'n not worried about top speed, I need TORQUE for the grades. My aim is 15 of the short ore cars plus a caboose. Decapod Driver [/quote] Decapod, I too have 2% grades (newly installed). My Spectrum Decapods can barely pull 6 cars and a caboose, weighted to NMRA standards, up the grade. Its just physics. You might be able to squeeze a bit more weight in, which in turn might give you one or just possibly two more cars, but the better answer is to double-head. Looks great, two identical Spectrums work flawlessly together. And curiously (I have to double-head all my smaller steam) I have invariably found that double-headed locos pull a bit more than twice what either of them could pull on its own.
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