There is a discussion going on , on www.freerails.com in the on30 section regarding the new porters possible pulling power up a 4-5% grade and how many cars it will easily pull.   miner49er is conducting the tests using his old porters.

The discussion is talking about adding weight too the porters to increase traction.

my question is to anybody that has a NEW sound equipted porter , what is the weight of the new locomotive.  Whats weight of old non sound loco ?

thank you.........madmike3434