It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
QUOTE: When I had my old 4x6 layout I ran an SD40-2 and well cars. The only problem I had was that the containers would flip the entire 5 car set over due to the high center of gravity and sharp corners. The engine worked fine though.
Jim
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
QUOTE: Athearn SD75I and AC4400, Dash 9s, SD40s all go around 18"curves in fine style
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
QUOTE: My Atlas Dash 8-40C went through my 18" curves no problem and was able to pull 100-ton hopper cars as well