100 feet of train

Here you go Clem...............

Good Evening Clem,

 

Fantastic Video!

 

Regards, 

Frank

Thank you

 

I guess I need more practice, My computer as been acting up when I tried this. Completely froze up had to shutdown and restart to get going again.

 

Clem k

Holy schnikes Clem!

Hi Clem - What a sight !! - Great Video - Thanks

 

Very nice!   What probably made that work was the three pushers, they help keep the couplers together.

Wow. That was mesmerizing. Great job.

John

Actually I put pushers on rear because with the smoke turned on, a seven diesel lash up drew to much power out of a block and pop the circuit breaker. Also the cars in the middle are light Weaver cars. I have since changed my power supply, will try again with all power on front. By the way no traction tires are used.

 

Clem

Very Impressive.

When I did the 133 car train, I had a couple of cars that had to be rejected because of coupler issues.  I had a pusher about 40 cars back and one in the front.  I probably should have moved it back farther.

 

Next time I'll go for more motive power as well, those two locomotives were really working!

I agree, very impressive.

Beautiful!

What version of DCS are U using?

(I had a couple of engines get their speed tables reprogrammed with 4.3 in large consists)

Hello Joe

 

I'm still using 4.2

 

Clem k

Great video!  Quite impressive.  I assume all MTH motive power? 

Cool video! That is truly impressive!!! I wish I had enough space to do that...

Very nice video.  Thanks for sharing.

Very nice, and very nice layout too! Thanks for posting.

Looking good Clem

Clem, was this before or after the conversion to Kadee couplers?  Did you know you can double up on the bricks for 20 amps per block? I believe the TIU's channels are fused for 20 amps. Clem's layout is a single loop folded over on it's self ~300+ ft long with 4 TIU blocks.

Lookin good.

Dan

Thanks Clem. ( I would stay with that)

You have a long mainline!!

I love the big consist!

You'd better add fuses in line and go with passive wiring if possible with that much amp capability.

 You don't want to go over ten amps per channel I was told.

Having more blocks on their own bricks is a better way to go.

Tommy Z abuses his TIU's with no problems.  I don't know what he has them fused for but it it's 20 amps plus.  Tom is a lot of fun.

Dan

Clem

 

WOW !! Thanks for sharing your video.

 

Kerry

Clem, AWESOME VIDEO! I agree very impressive.

Clem...now that is my kind of train!!  I love long consists. 

 

Alan

Wow, that was cool!!!   Could you post your track plan?  Impressive layout.

Clem

That was real nice, assume you were using DCS so in setting the scale MPH  the pushers and point engines are all synchronized.

 

I had 86 cars once no pushers and pulled with two railking Allegheny steamers

 

Nice layout TOO !!!!

Nice work

 

George T

Good morning

  The locomotives are all Kadee equipped with fixed pilots and no traction tires.              About half the rolling                                                      

   stock is Kadee. I would say they hook pretty well to claws. I plan on doubling the                              

    bricks when I do this again. This is operated with DCS 4.2 I didn't build lash ups for this I just use the ALL button, much easier that way however that means all the lights are on also. this was drawing 9.5 amps continuous and sometimes 10 amps Just the way I like it use all the power I have Now that I have four bricks next one should be longer.

   

Now I have a question. How come when I posted the video I just got the you tube link? and Mr Swafford  got the video to post.

 

 Detroit Three Railers next time you show up lets see if we can break TommyZ's record, He is at 200 feet

  I like all the questions the forum ask's, this was filmed from lower right corner.

 

Clem k

 

 Well I just wouldn't post publicly that you can overpower a TIU channel for some guys that would think they can. Putting two larger output bricks on each channel sounds like it would just be a matter of when, you'd cook something.

 Tommie Z had an electrician hook up his layout as far as I remember. He achieves his large consists by using block wiring. That is what he told me.

Love it!!!

 

Ricky

Ok now that was pretty cool...nice layout.

That is impressive...thanks for posting.

Fantastic video! I loved the consist variety.  You could always do what the real railroads also do, a couple on the point, one or two mid train and one or two bringing up the rear. 

 

Larry

Personally, I would stick to the recommended 10 amps per channel through the TIU as well. I do not know Tommy Z, but love his videos. Seems like a neat guy. Not only does he get a lot of smoke from the engines, if I recall correctly he sometimes lets the smoke out of the equipment as well and it all ceases to function. He definitely likes to push his system to it's limits.

 

It's sad to see that he is discouraged because he has trouble getting parts. I look forward to his videos. He also has one heck of a layout, very impressive! I can only dream of one like that. You all that know him and have seen his layout are very fortunate.

You will quickly regret it if you push 20 amps through the TIU channels!  Before you blow the fuses, most likely the FETs on the variable channels will have put their feet up.  The TIU simply isn't designed for 20 amps, and you're foolish to push it that hard.

 

If you really need 20 amps on a power district, run the TIU in passive mode by using a separate aux supply and just connect the outputs directly to the track and the transformer directly to the track as well.  Leave the inputs open.

Thank you GRJ

 

I was thinking of doing just that, Can I just attach the bricks to the output side of the TIU?

Cool video Clem! Nice job on making that happen. It's not always easy to get that much running perfectly but that was incredible!! Yes!

Yep, just connect the transformers as if you don't have DCS and then connect the TIU outputs to the tracks with nothing on the inputs.

 

You may give up a bit of signal strength of the DCS signal, but my tests seem to indicate it's about 1 point on the scale.  If you are getting 8's and 9's, for instance, you may get 7's and 8's in passive mode.