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How large is your loop, and how long does the consist take to complete a circuit?  It might be running faster than you think!

I remember the first time I ever saw the video feed from one of those camera cars, that provides an “engineer eye” perspective of the layout.  It looked like I was riding a roller coaster!  Bottom line, the top speed of the prototype is kind of irrelevant.  On a small layout with train set curves, 60 mph or even 45 scale mph is plenty fast.  What’s harder is getting smooth, realistic slow speed performance.

Last edited by Ted S

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