07-19-2019, 11:25 PM
Good lookin' layout, and it looks to be a pretty decent size, too!
I've run only one fairly long train, and I'd guess the length, not counting locos, to be about 35'. It was a mix of cars, from 34' hoppers, lots of 40' boxcars, to some 50'ers, too. I ran it with various locos (steam and diesel), four at a time, and with them in various positions within the train: one, two or three on the head end, with one pushing, and in various versions of that. I also spaced them, singly, throughout the train.
Because my layout is mostly grades and curves, it was very interesting to watch the slack running in and out in various parts of the train, some of it going uphill and some downhill at the same time, and occasionally in more than one location at the same time - a little nerve-wracking, too, but no derailments.
Wayne
I've run only one fairly long train, and I'd guess the length, not counting locos, to be about 35'. It was a mix of cars, from 34' hoppers, lots of 40' boxcars, to some 50'ers, too. I ran it with various locos (steam and diesel), four at a time, and with them in various positions within the train: one, two or three on the head end, with one pushing, and in various versions of that. I also spaced them, singly, throughout the train.
Because my layout is mostly grades and curves, it was very interesting to watch the slack running in and out in various parts of the train, some of it going uphill and some downhill at the same time, and occasionally in more than one location at the same time - a little nerve-wracking, too, but no derailments.
Wayne