DC N SCALE DIESEL LASHUPS - KATO AND ATLAS

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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ANY BODY RUNNING AN N SCALE KATO C 44 DASH 9 WITH AN ATLAS N SCALE 40 CW DASH 8 IN A DC CONSIST? DO THEY RUN WELL TOGETHER?

2

Your caps lock is stuck on and you are yelling.

David B

3

Difficult to tell. Even two locos of the same make and prototype have different speed characteristics, so consisting can be a problem.

4

Determine which of the two lokes runs the fastest at A PARTICULAR VOLTAGE; hook up the fastest unit to a train and add–or remove–cars until the unit pulling the train is now running slower than the other engine; hook’em up and away ya’ go, Joe!

Remember you hafta do this at A PARTICULAR VOLTAGE!!!

You can do this with more than two units if desired; I once loaded down four units of mixed manufacture lugging 76 cars on a (NTRAK) layout.