Weekly Photo Thread 7/19-7/25

[Green_Elite_Cab]

The run-in of slack can sometimes be enough to push the locomotives somewhat.  This disturbs the normal relationship between the worm and the gear(s) it drives, causing a momentary lock-up of the gear train, and it takes a moment for things to get back in-sync.

In my case, it was electrical.  The engines in question did not have the best pickups.  Even with the keep alives, it still hesitates a little.  Probably need the longer lasting keep alive.

Actually, I don't bother speed matching.  Pretty-well all of my locos (all steam, and by several different manufacturers) run well enough with one another - not necessarily at identical speeds, but reasonably close.  If the train actually requires multiple locomotives to move it, it's surprising how well disparate locos will co-operate.

The multiple unit tests, as mentioned, also included diesels and steam in some instances.  I was pleased that locos from three different manufacturers would work so well together.

Wayne

Unfortunately,  even with identical decoders, the differences between Atlas, Athearn, and P2K engines are too great to really mix and match them the way Conrail did. I wish there was a way to speed match them based on wheel revolutions.   Its frustrating even doing it with decoder pro.