CCrider posted:SIRT posted:Unless you have 2 subway power units, running 8 overweight cars as stated above is out of the question. They wont sell out this time around. Train market prices are out of reach for most along with a declining interest.
I was informed all the new LED lighted subs will be arriving in a week or two by Aug 1st.
SO ARE U STATING THAT A R40 MUST HAVE 2 LOCOS TO RUN AN 8 CAR SET,THATS ODD,BECAUSE I ONCE RAN A KOOLAID (F40PH) LOCO PULLING LIKE 20 + CARS ,ARE THE SUBWAY LOCOCS THAT WEAK? OR IS IT ONLY THE R 40S???
It's because of the gearing system in the subway cars--they're the same as the PCC streetcars (end axle driven, with five idler gears carrying power to the other axle). Also the non-powered subway cars use the same trucks without gears. So the powered unit is essentially pulling dummy locomotives, which don't roll anywhere near as well as freight cars. Try pulling ten (let alone 20) dummy locomotives with that F40 and it won't be happy.
Anyone running more than the base set with a two-car add-on, needs to use two power cars. They don't have to both be at the head end--I placed mine as the first/fifth or first/seventh since the intermediate cars are heavy enough not to be pushed off by the second power car.
---PCJ
