pulling power

[Budliner]

looks like my proto 2000's are the cats ***

its all I use

[Fergmiester]

I've done 70+ at times x 4

Fergie

[Anonymous]

my passenger trains are all between 13 to 17 cars long. and my freight trains can reach 27 cars.

[Budliner]

my firs few months I only ran the loco
wood was on the desk


lol

[JohnT14808]

We had a club member run an HO train with five diesels pulling over 80 coal two bay coal hoppers. Took up most of the main line down the length of the club room, about 45 feet. He made it up the first helix, but could not make it around again. Couplers started failing on the 2.2% grade of the helixes.

[douginut]

I run trolleys and trolley freight. never more than 6 and mostly powered. I imagine that they might be able to pull up a 90% grade :-) if wheelslip were not a factor.
My real limiting factor is the radius of the curves, 8" radius curves tend to be a little tight for those 85 foot streamliners.
Oh yes I model mostly in N scale.

Doug, in Utah

[Budliner]

oh he got me on that one
110

yowey

[Anonymous]

My friend who is a Canadian Pacific Rail nut, has a complete [:0]110[:0] car grain train setup for N scale,no thats not a typing error 110 cars. Looks nice, lots of custom detailed/ weathered cars, microtrains wheels throughout, mid train distributed power. His next project in the works is a CP Coal unit train.

DC[8D]

[selector]

I don't have the room, nor do I have much rolling stock. So, when I run two trains simultaneously, each pulls between 6-10 cars. When pulling a passenger train, 3-5.

[ICRR1964]

On my mainline I run 25 to 30 freight cars, with three locos pulling them. On my siding to the main line I have a twin engine waiting with 15 cars.

[jrbernier]

I normally run my road freight in the 12-15 car range. The limit is the staging tracks and sidings. They are set for 2 GP9's/12 cars/caboose. That size train seems to look right...now the engines can pull more than that!

Jim

[ARTHILL]

I pull 34 coal cars with a Mountain assisted by my Sierra. My BLI Mike can pull it alone, but it does not look as good. My 18" curves and 4% grades limit what I can do. I never expected to bringing a coal drag across a lumber road.

[Anonymous]

I seen a train once-- i use 1 engine to pull 10-13 NON-FREE ROLLING cars, but will use 2-5 engines to pull 30-50 cars whne i get more cars and expand my layout.

[Budliner]

I use 2 locomotive and have a nice grade like 3
and I have to have over 10 somtimes 15

what do you do ???



Budliner