03-31-2011, 10:38 AM
FCIN Wrote:Brakie Wrote:Let's call this switching railroad Columbus Terminal Ry.We will use a GE 70tonner #5.Ahhhhhhhhh, a 70 ton GE - good choice! Even a 45/50 ton GE could handle the work on a switching operation like this.
Brakie Wrote:The main element is slow switching speeds.Absolutely. You'd never get over 10mph on the lead track and never more than 4mph when coupling cars. 10mph in HO scale looks and feels very slow, but we're striving for prototype operation.
You guys have just described the Los Angeles Junction Railway and the Pacific Harbor Lines! Only they don't use anything as small as a 70 ton GE.