@Curt Henion posted:The Hudson is Lionel #6-82965 Santa Fe 3450 Lion Chief. The Northern is MTH #30-1140-1 Santa Fe 2926 Rail King. The Hudson pulled 24 cars easily. The Northern was spinning the wheels with 10 and 12 cars.
There's something definitely out-of-kilter with that locomotive. With a die-cast boiler, there's no way it should be spinning with only a dozen cars. A plastic 2-4-2 will pull that kind of consist.
---PCJ