Using live steam narrow gauge locomotive with LGB rolling stock

[bettyanna4449]

Our group is running a railway with approx 500 ft  LGB track, wide turns, no excessive grades.

We are interested in narrow gauge 1:24 scale live steam to run on our track.

Question: what are the issues trying to mix LGB rolling stock with an engine like this, and will it look stupid?

Also, what percent grade is 10" in 50 ft?

 

Any advice gratefully received,

 

Betty

[Jerry B44]

Hartland trains are also 1:24 scale and narrow gauge.  So was Delton(ebay).

[enginear joe]

grade is inches of rise per inches of run. so 1" per 100" = 1%or 1divided by 100=1%

convert 50'to inches = 50'x12inches=600inches

10" divided by 600"=.01666

1.6%

[bettyanna4449]

Thank you, Jerry and Joe. Hope you had a good Christmas.

 

Another question, for any g-gauge...has anyone invented a way, ugly or not, to couple non-matching regular knuckle coupler a la USA Trains, to an LGB-style hook and loop? Doesn't have to be pretty, just has to work, a quick temporary fix for visitors with non-compatible equipment.

[Sean]

Some make a transition car.

One end has a knuckle coupler and the other end has a hook and loop.

[Screwy Nick]

I made transition couplers, work just fine.    The little bar across the top keeps the knuckle coupler from sliding out of the mating knuckle since the loop offers no real support to keep it in line.   Look close at the one on the right,  nothing more than a coupler with a bent paper clip attached, the plastic one on the left is too thick to go into my LS Logging Locomotives  Should be able to make the same for the hook and loop.