do you operate your RR at scale speed. or at lionel speed ready to go into orbit [?]
The live steamers slightly faster than “scale” speed, but not quite at sonic velocities, either. The sparkies trundle around merrily at a nice scale speed. (Of course, right now I have a whopping 60’ of track down. I can’t run them fast or I’ll get dizzy watching them.)
Later,
K
Mine takes about 13/4 minutes to go around the 175 ft of track i have,out side,most of the time, with just the engine on, i’ll run it faster some times . ben
Since by UK law all ‘light railways’ have a top speed of 25mph I run mine at prototypical speeds circa 6,8 and 15mph (the express train)
regards
ralph
It seems to me that many LS’ers run their track powered toys way too fast.
Playing slot trains around impossibly tight curves appears to be the order of the day
Given that the majority of LS’ers come from a Lionel type background it is not surprising.
They generally do not understand the concept of scale models, let alone scale speed.[;)]
But hey, who am I to force my style of operation on others that prefer it some other way.
I think scale speeds are an important part of LG modelling. If I didn’t like seeing my locos moving at a near walking pace I wouldn’t be wanting to model logging tramways would I?
Annie 
I’m new to LS and the only track I have is a 6 ft. straight section on the workbench. So, all my running, tests, have been at very low speed. I find myself enjoying the low velocity for watching the Shay’s cylinders operate. I think when the day comes that I have a graden layout I will still be running at low or scale speeds. IMHO, moving at speeds that set your hair on fire is for things that fly [:)]
Anyone not running at slow scale speeds cannot even begin to appreciate the beauty of watching the workings of siderods and valve gear on a steam locomotive
i grew up doing most things quickly job’s driving and etc. i lived near a switching yard so they always moved slow when switching. so i all ways thought of trains as being slow. but then again i lived near miami iter airport need for speed go and watch airoplanes.
That’s what I like the most about the AirWire900 wireless, battery-powered DCC system from CVP products – everything can be run at a nice slow pace which is much more realistic and enjoyable than having things running so fast that a steam engine’s side rods are just a blur and about to fly off from the inertia. I run only two Bachmann Spectrum 1:20.3 scale steam engines, their 2-8-0 and 2-6-0, and don’t want them to run fast because the prototypes didn’t.
Steve,
I run my lokeys nice and slow.[^][^]
jb
A few months ago I published some calcualtions I dod on my ICE train.
I think it did about 90 km per hour, 40 metres in 20 seconds X 22.5 I worked it out but Im not sure of the time now.
The ICE train is my fastest and can it go; it is a tilt train and it really gets along as it is powered at both ends and runs on 24V AC.
Rgds Ian
I go slow in the asylum[;)]
I like to see trains crawl, just a “me thing.”
Roll’em nice and slow, well as slow as my 1 amp pack will let them. I want to get that reaaaaaalllllyyyyyyy slow crawl on my trains[:p]
Vic,
Your a man after my own disorder! Slow trains…fast went it counts!
Capt Carrales
slow is my favorite speed! [:D]
I like a slow to medium speed for my Engines.
About half of the time I have the engine pushing the train so I just let it creep along.
Bob
I like to run my trains slow, that way I can take it all in. Cat enjoy somthing thats gon in few seconds. Hower I have been know to pu***he trotel when some asks how fast it can go ( For a few short seconds ).