On Sep 29, 2007, at 7:30 PM, raisinone wrote:
> In model trains, with all free rolling plastic (read "light") cars,
> engines can probably far exceed prototype ratings. As I recall we came
> close to max'ing out an SHS 2-8-0 at DPV with about 45 cars.
Jim,
We've had this discussion before, but in the opinion of some scale
weight is related to the cube of the scale ratio. Therefore an SHS
stock car I happened to have handy has a scale weight of 98304 lb.s,
or approximately twice the "LT WT" stencil. As for a 2-8-0 pulling
45 cars on level track, I'd say that's about right.
Jamie Bothwell
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