I'm "S"hocked! Ed approving of weighting cars! When Thorin posted this I sat back and weighted for the scorn to flow. What have you been drinking tonight, Ed?
I've built and run lots of PRS cars and I install a couple fender washers over each truck. The 1 1/2" washers available at building stores add about 1 1/2 ozs. for 4. This brings the car close to the NMRA spec. of 6 ounces for the 40' car. BTW, the S Helper box cars are right on at 6 ounces; the Des Plaines tank, while shorter than a boxcar, weighs in at 7 ounces. A sample of some brass box cars yields 10 -12 ounces each. My SHS F units can pull about 11-15 weighted plastic cars up my 37" 3% helix before the Lenz decoder cuts out. I don't have enough more level track installed yet to determine the train length limit there. Roger Nulton ----- Original Message ----- From: ed_loizeaux To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 9:19 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Weight for PRS car Thorin...It all depends on your personal definition of "correct". Not trying to be a wise guy (although it looks that way), but you need to consider curve radius, length of trains, speed, and maybe a few other things in order to arrive at the optimum weight for you and your layout. NMRA standards are rather heavy, being nearly the same as for a brass imported box car, but are probably best for small radius curves at higher speeds. So if you are running a short fast reefer train highballing towards the east coast before the lettuce rots and traveling along those almost-AF curves of yours, then the heavier NMRA suggestions might be best for you. Otherwise, you might want to do some testing with various cars and arrive at the answer based on some experimentation. Good luck...Ed L. --- In [email protected], "Marty.Thorin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good evening. > I am putting together a Pacific Rail Shops PFE reefer. How much > weight should I put into the car to bring it to the correct running > weight? The car is currently without trucks. I do have access to a > postal scale and access to weights. > > So, dear experts, how much weight to I need to glue to the floor? > > Thank you, > Thorin > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
