GEC's Layout Progress

[Green_Elite_Cab]

'Scuze my ignorance....So I take it the catenary just conducts one "pole" and the ground would be to a rail (either track or third..)? :oops:

that is exactly right, which is why i may only temporarily run my electrics in "true" electric style for fun. While just about ALL my passenger trains will be electric (with the exception of a few NJT diesels), Freight diesels have always done the switching work. Until i can build a bigger electrified layout, E44s running from point to point will be in the future.

You're right GEC - there's a few choices of electrics in Nscale...the Bachmann HHP-8 and Acela come to mind, as do the Minitrix offerings of European electrics. And actually, Bachmann's HHP-8 is a nice looking (albeit ok running) offering. I'd love to run an Acela, but there's no way that train could take my layout's tight 11" curves. I've been thinking about buying one or two European electric engines, just to have for fun, and something different on the layout. Cost is certainly an issue, as well as dcc conversions.

Still, maybe one day Bachmann or another maker will come out with several other electric options for us Nscale folks.

I wonder how hard it would be to make some of these electrics in N-scale. I could see someone scratch building an E44.