Reply to "What did you do on your layout today?"

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carsntrains posted:
beardog posted:
Back to trains, I think Jim was talking about his Marx 666 earlier. I pulled one of mine off
the shelf, put a tender, 10 marx postwar boxcars and a caboose behind it and turned on
the power. Lots of wheel spin, but no forward progress. Lubed all the axles but that didn't help
much. It would move a bit with a little push, but not much. Tried 9 cars, no improvement.
At 7 cars it would move on its own, but the marx couplers would not stay together. Perhaps on
a layout with wider turns and longer straights it could do better.
I didnt try to pull any cars with mine. But it will find it a home on my layout and be ran after a good cleaning! Wonder why they numbered it 666. Kind of freaky.
Jim

Yes that is a strange number to pick for sure.

2/20/181:25 PM

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