How many locos do you put on the haed of the train and do you use pushers.
I double head and i also put 5 units up front. i also use pushers.
Depends on the weight of the rolling stock (and loads) in the train and the HP of the locos pulling it!
I usually shoot for 2 HP/ton. But then again, Iowa doesn’t have much mountains!
- IMRL 393
Like George,I to assign motive power to match the tonnage of the train and the ruling grade…
Usually 1.
Of course, I run short trains (Rarely more than 6 cars), and only have a bit of power at the moment.
Of course, the prototype can do interesting things, I saw a CP GP38-2 and GP9m heading 2 covered hoppers and a caboose in the CN yard just east of Toronto Union Station yesterday. Way more motive power than necessary, and a caboose, in this day and age.
GDRMCo, most of us can read your posts without your having to resort to size 6 type in red! Having a railroad that is 2 feet wide by 4 feet long in N scale, I seldom need more than one locomotive on a train, except at shows, where I occasionally put two Diesel units on a train. A pair of SW9’s back to back look interesting at the head of a train.
I always like to put three on the head end, ( C-C, B-B, C-C combo) and no pushers.[:)]
I usually run one engine on my freights. The only trains that get more are switching runs (Baldwin S12 + EMD SW1500), passenger trains (one F40PH, 2 F7s, or an F40-F7 combo). The reason I run 2 switchers, is that they’re wired together. The S12 is pretty light, and having the dummy SW1500 tied to it increases the power pickup.
How many locos do you put on the haed of the train and do you use pushers.
I double head and i also put 5 units up front. i also use pushers.
Depends on the weight of the rolling stock (and loads) in the train and the HP of the locos pulling it!
I usually shoot for 2 HP/ton. But then again, Iowa doesn’t have much mountains!
- IMRL 393
Like George,I to assign motive power to match the tonnage of the train and the ruling grade…
Usually 1.
Of course, I run short trains (Rarely more than 6 cars), and only have a bit of power at the moment.
Of course, the prototype can do interesting things, I saw a CP GP38-2 and GP9m heading 2 covered hoppers and a caboose in the CN yard just east of Toronto Union Station yesterday. Way more motive power than necessary, and a caboose, in this day and age.
GDRMCo, most of us can read your posts without your having to resort to size 6 type in red! Having a railroad that is 2 feet wide by 4 feet long in N scale, I seldom need more than one locomotive on a train, except at shows, where I occasionally put two Diesel units on a train. A pair of SW9’s back to back look interesting at the head of a train.
I always like to put three on the head end, ( C-C, B-B, C-C combo) and no pushers.[:)]
I usually run one engine on my freights. The only trains that get more are switching runs (Baldwin S12 + EMD SW1500), passenger trains (one F40PH, 2 F7s, or an F40-F7 combo). The reason I run 2 switchers, is that they’re wired together. The S12 is pretty light, and having the dummy SW1500 tied to it increases the power pickup.