I don't have enough different cars to experience the problem in S (brass is a
little over my head), but in HO and O scale I simply had special instructions
for the heavy cars to be positioned behind the engine. Car cards can be so
marked, but even with computer generated car forwarding a special identifier
can be added to the car description to signal operators, even if it amounts to
adding an H to the car number. As for other folks layouts, you're on your own.
Ed Kozlowsky
Sanford, Maine
Bob Werre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Arden, Ed and other friends,
This brings up a question or two. What do you do with very heavy brass
cars or those heavy SHS flats? And what happens when you run your cars
on someone elses layout? At the moment most of my cars have extra
weights installed. I like the weight of the AM boxcars. I cut the
supplied weight in half and silicone the halves to the floor of the 40
ft PRS cars over the trucks. I add a little less weight to the 50ft
cars and nothing to my grain hoppers. I would say with very few
exceptions my wheels are either NWSL or SHS and most of my track has
been laid for many years so I don't have many derailments but I do have
trouble mixing cars (brass/plastic/and few older wood kits) together. I
have recently starting replacing some of my plastic PRS trucks with SHS
trucks on a couple of 'trouble' cars with excellent results. I had two
40 ft PRS cars (a SP&S and green NP car) that would derail when no other
car did. After checking the track, wheel gauge, truck mounting I just
replaced the trucks and they haven't derailed since.
My terrain is always up or down and curving. I would consider my grades
mild in most areas--but other areas I can have a 15 to 20 car train both
going up and down at the same time--just like the real thing. I can
generally run a 'all' plastic train but if I add a couple of brass cars
in the middle someplace I can see the cars start to tilt on the curves.
Running the brass cars on the head end obviously will solve most of that
problem but with computer ops lists it might not be possible especially
with guest operators. How do you guys plain to solve that problem?
Bob Werre
ardeng wrote:
> I hate to add weight to this list of drivel, but for once Fast Eddie
> is in the minority & correct. {:-)
> The mighty UP agrees with the once "almost mighty" NYC - excess
> freight car weight is a huge DRAG. {:-)
>
> 50% of the NMRA wt. is ideal from my tests. I run a 40-car train of
> PacRail PFE reefers with no added weight. Trying to scale the
> prototype wt. is foolish. Excess weight only partially offsets bad
> track & wheels. There are forces on trains that most mr's have no
> clue, unless they run 40+ car trains (or 30 of Don's flatcars.) Try
> pulling a long train with 3 oz. & 10 oz. cars mixed. Then you will
> find out the quality of your trackwork. My hat is off to the
> prototype hauling 100+ heavy car trains.
>
> Arden G (Lodi CA)
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