Reply to "At what size of train does a typical scale articulated start to "feel" its load?"

ajzend posted:

These engines can pull these long loads, but doesn't that eat traction tires?

Alan

Any operation of your engine eats traction tires   They stretch  They dry out and you replace them   If you dont have good trackwork they will go faster  And yes if you tend to pull long trains they will go faster too