Bill:
I've got to agree with Ed; there is no excuse for brass rolling stock to not
roll really well. It hardly takes much effort or requires "a project"; and I'm
most likely one of the few on this list that can out duel you on quantity and
diversity of brass models!
Pulling long trains on flat track can tolerate some "lead sleds", but adding
any significant grades or reverse curves changes the equation. I also refuse
to have to arrange trains based on an individual car's rolling capability. A
few lead sleds at the end of a long train of SHS or AM cars will sting line it
in no time. My goal is for all models to be capable of rolling well enough to
appear anywhere in a train. I'm more into pulling mixtures of brass, plastic,
wood, you name it.
On the DPV layout to pull cars out of the storage tracks you have to negotiate
a 31" radius reverse ("S") curve on a 2+% grade. When you tie into 50 or 60
cars that are a totally random mix of brass, plastic, etc; it does groan and
creak. The cars need to roll well and the track and couplers need to be in
good condition or it pretty much guarantees a bad day!
After all, maintaining trucks, couplers, turnouts, track and locomotives
isn't that what railroading is all about???!!
Jim Kindraka
Plymouth, WI
--- In [email protected], "Bill Lane" <bill@...> wrote:
>
> I have no problem dragging cinder blocks around. I just add more
> locomotives!
>
> The original intent was to see if I could make my EM-1 slip which to that
> point my layout was not being enough to do. I did and it did at about 45
> cars IIRC. So for 1 loco pulling 45 brass cars I was pretty impressed.
>
> Oiling the axles is good enough for me. I can't make everything a project.
> Who else here has a 60 car all brass freight train? Without a true head
> count I am sure I have painted at least 40 of them.
>
There are 100+ PRS and SHS cars I don't currently have room for on the
> layout unless I make my additional yard. Until then the brass cars get run
> the most.
> Thank You,
> Bill Lane
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