Jerry B44 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Dug out some extra cars to make a longer train, too lazy to get anymore though. Had fun, sure enjoy running it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Looks good Jerry! So how many cars did your lazy self put out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 You have a great looking layout Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 About 15 cars or so. Wonder how many it can pull on a level layout. Ray? You should know. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 The MTH Big Boy can has a pull force of about 7.5 to 8lbs which is very strong. As I recall we had 120 coal cars connected to a single engine on one of our trainshow displays on oval with 20' diam curves. So what the maximum would be I'm not sure. My drawbar tests on the USA Big Boy was about 8lbs pull force (reason MTH pulled so well in comparison is the MTH has traction tires where the USA has all Stainless steel wheels which is a hard and more slippery metal.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 I knew it could pull a lot more, I don't have that many cars, i don't think. I'll try to post this video. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dP6_2qYzW1A"frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Guess it sort of worked. Not sure how to embed here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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