how long are your trains?

[FThunder11]

4 or 5

[Anonymous]

Hmm right now about 15 cause that is all that have kadees
need to get back into the practice of buying car kits and kadees for each one

but I expect 20 cars no problem 60" is my biggest radius and 34" is the smallest with number 8 turnouts

[Anonymous]

My average train is 15-20 cars long, but that includes a number of modern cars (autocarriers, 85 foot box cars, 60 foot cars, etc.). My layout is 22' X23' and has 30" minimum radius curves.

[CP5415]

Mine won't be longer than 8 freight cars or 4 passenger cars to allow for the sidings I have.

Gordon

[Anonymous]

Usually around 10-20 for me. Locals are about 5-10 cars long (usually with only one locomotive) and the rest are 15-20 (mostly with 2 or more locomotives).

[Anonymous]

I have ran trains as long as 120 cars but usually are around 30-36. Oh almost forgot, they are all ore cars.

[egmurphy]

Well it's still kind of theoretical at this time as the mainline isn't completed. But plans call for probably 3-5 cars on the local. The daily northbound and southbound thru freights may wind up with 12+/- if my engines can pull that many up the grades!! Passenger service is planned for 3 cars +/-, plus local service using the Doodlebug.

Ed

[Fergmiester]

Thirty is a good number but I've hauled as much as 70+. I've even been able to make it around the track a couple of times!

[Junctionfan]

15-30 usually but on occasion 30-60.

[Noah Hofrichter]

I only have a few small industries, and I run no through frieghts, so My trains are usually about 5-7 cars and two engines long. Sometimes a few less, but never many more than that or it dwarfs my layout.

Noah

[orsonroy]

My average engine (USRA light Mikado, from various manufacturers) will pull about 14 cars up my 2.5% grade, so that's my layout's working maximum. My passing sidings are set up for 20 car trains, and my average staging yard siding is 16 cars. However...I've been known to run a 30 car train on occasion! (mostly downhill or double-headed)

[joseph2]

AS long as the passing sidings,seeven or eight cars. Joe G.

[Anonymous]

My average train is 10-15 cars long. It all depends on what my indusrties are shipping that day. Hopefully longer trains when I expand.
Andrew

[Anonymous]

1 to 40 cars, I can run more but my yard tracks can only handle 20 or 30 cars each (anything over 25 is put on two tracks).

[twhite]

I've got a fairly extensive model railroad (24'x24') and fairly wide-radius curves (34" min) and the occasional 2.4% grade, just like Donner Pass. I usually try and run about 20-30 cars (HO) on reefer trains and expidited freights. Peddler freights and locals usually run about 5-10 cars, and passenger trains are about 7-10 cars. Unless I'm using an articulated, I usually have to double-head my locos to get the longer trains to the summit. I've even done a triple-header (BLI locos) and brother, was THAT noisy!

[Anonymous]

Mine usually run to 2-3 cars - current layout is an 8ft shelf, planning to build something bigger one day. I have cars to run far larger trains when I can build a bigger layout - there's a complete Amtrak Superliners/MHCs/Express Boxcars consist and a long intermodal train stored in boxes in the attic at the moment.

[vsmith]

I gotcha beat, large scale/small layout I run about 3 or 4 short two axle cars behind my Porters.

[Anonymous]

on average, how many cars will your trains haul in one consist?

mine is about 7 due to a small layout, but my longest will reach 15 occasionally