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Started by zeke2009, March 06, 2013, 01:02:34 PM

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zeke2009

I recently received a new EMD GP40 locomotive. I am totally new at this railroading and wonder if someone could tell me about how many rolling stock cars should be or could be pulled by this locomotive. I inherited a large number of rolling stock cars a few weeks ago and i do not want to ruin the loco.

Brian1975

With that Loco about 10-12 car's...

I have Dash-940-B Loco's & I pull 11 car's around my layout with no problem I probly can run 1-2 more car's but my layout has a 2% grade I built into my layout..


richg

The drivers will just slip if too many cars. No problem.

Rich

zeke2009

Thanks for the reply's. I was pulling a dummy loco and 13 pieces of rolling stock at one point but became concerned it would be too much.

union pacific 844

i have dcc  gp40 it can pull a 10 car train  with no sweat