I've been experimenting with a 2% grade on 16 feet of track with an 18" radius U in the middle. Here are Athearn GP9 and PennLine L1 DC throttle with various makers of rolling stock. The track is temporarily fixed to Styrofoam using sewing pins. Video from a cheap auto-focus camera.
Very effective camera angle. I was having trouble figuring out how a lone BB could be hauling that rake up that hill, until along came the pusher units. Speed appears to be well matched. Is that from using DCC or just the weight of the train?
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Neither 2 GP9s nor 2 L1s can pull the grade. The DC control is set for this power as slower causes accordion derail by pushing too hard and faster causes cars to string off the curves.
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Neither 2 GP9s nor 2 L1s can pull the grade. The DC control is set for this power as slower causes accordion derail by pushing too hard and faster causes cars to string off the curves.
Originally posted by offtrackthoroughbred - January 25 2022 : 6:39:23 PM
That's where DCC is an advantage, You can control the head end and helper seperately.
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