Hi

I pull all kinds of cars modern concreat cars and tank cars and outhers.

I use my PRR K-4 and my PRR S-2 to pull them and some modern passenger cars.

 It is fun pulling some of the modern cars with steam engin.

I like to mix the old with the new at times.

at one time I was told by a coustomer that it my world and I will run my trains my way in my world.

sounded good to me.

I was running an MTH Schnabel car at our museum with a proper train - couple of diesels, a boxcar, and a caboose/crew car. Then just for laughs I parked the diesels and pulled the same train with an SP Harriman Mikado. Looked pretty cool. I'd post a photo but I had a computer crash and a lot of my train pictures went away. 

I pull what ever I want with my legacy steamers. I do have some special cars for most of my NYC stuff though ..

Is anybody pulling modern freight cars with their steam engine?

 

Well, there us the UP....

...and the Strasburg.

both videos way cooL !!!

That UP video is most impressive, no helpers either.  I wonder how many diesels they would normally use to pull a similar-size train?

You mean to tell me I have to go like they used to say "Go West Young Man" to see 

Steamers! Then west I will go.

Tin 

Borrowing from Hillary, What difference does it make! Yes, I run freight cars beyond the steam era because there is no affordable alternative.

The 4 or 5 road consist of diesels was removed at Cheyenne, when that APL Stack Train arrived from the west. Also remember that it is essentially ever so slightly down grade to North Platte, Nebraska, except for the short pull eastbound up Archer Hill, which is were that video is shot (the bridge that the photographers are standing on is the Summit of Archer Hill). The 3985 had no problem with that train.

proubley about 3 diesels to pull that load....I would love to get my hands on those double stackers,,but there expensive....

Back to the original poster's question.  No, I do not run modern cars with my steamers.  Actually, I don't have any modern cars on my layout.  I do have several semi-modern cars as part of my Bicentennial collection (AFT, FT, other Bicentennial painted engines and cars), but when I run them I run them as sets.

Ron

I kinda build trains.......era correct engines and cars. But I see 'wrong' era cars behind steam or turn of the century wood 34 foot box cars behind modern diesels. But that's the great thing about this hobby....do what makes you happy!!! I do step out by running modern trains with a caboose now and then!

Thanks Jack!

The only places I've been out west are Cajon, Summit, and the surrounding area:

(taken around 1990-93, a few years and lbs ago!!!)

While I don't run any "modern" cars as such, I have found that some of the cars I do run were made after the steamers were retired from the SAL.  So far I haven't grouped my fleet into when they first saw the rails, but it wouldn't be hard to do.  Some of my favorite pieces of rolling stock weren't built until the last 3-4 years prior to the SAL/ACL merger in 1967.

Almost anything is 'prototypical' it seems.  I saw a NJ Transit passenger car among a bunch of freight cars near Harrisburg just a few months ago!!  Had just crossed the Rockville bridge.  Guess it was going somewhere for repair or resell.  No passengers of course.  

I'm not a purest, I run whatever suits me at the moment.

I wonder how many diesels would be needed to pull that train

I pull whatever behind whatever.  When the little O Gauge people pop up and complain I will make a change.  Until then my mixed freight of double stacks, wood reefers, cranes, Modern Auto carriers, random box cars and what not will roll on down behind the SD70Ace happily ever after with smoke pouring from the diesel like an old steamer.

Got my chops busted pretty good for this video.....

So sorry I don't have a string of 24 "proper" brass 2 bay hoppers. At least I've got a correct Weaver brass caboose. This is the best I've got to offer....

Gilly

John Armstrong did it on the 2 rail Canandaigia and Southern. There was a difference in the two videos  if you noticed. Strasbourg ran a Hack at the end. Now that is railroading steam style

I'd LOVE to be that far 'off'!!! I think it's GREAT!!

All the time....and if anybody gives you grief you tell them it's a commemorative  "heritage" run or a unit that was recently restored by a "local RR historical society!"

- Mike

Steam is king on my road, and I run anything behind them.  But I also go the other way too sometimes.  A double headed Chessie GP38-2 train has pulled the 21st Century Limited when my Dreyfuss Hudson was getting serviced.  But that was only because 0-6-0 Dockside was busy pulling the mixed local.

While I avoid the obvious modern equipment on my all steam layout, I'm not researching anything.

If it looks OK to me I'll run it.

heres my S1 pulling modern cars,,took the sound system out of it because im going to convert it to TMCC shortly..did put in one of my moded mth smoke units in it..you can hear the whine in it because the belt drive system thats in it..whines like a car with a blower...s1 with a blower..lol..video was done by my cell phone..

I am the CEO and the CFO of my railroad so I run what pleases me. 

I have a Reading Lines T-1 (4-8-4) steam engine and I use with some newer Reading & Northern quad hoppers and a Philadelphia & Reading woodside caboose. Might not be prototypical, but it's my train. My next mix might be a Reading Lines steam engine cab # 117 with some silver freight cars and/or Santa Fe silver or aluminum "El Capitan" passenger cars, or I may put a few Reading Lines cabooses, bay window or wide vision or bobber caboose with the cab # 117.

Lee Fritz

Last weekend I took my grandsons to a train store where I found a Lionel GN PS-5 gondola for a great price. When we got home with it, the first thing my 4 year old grandson wanted to do was see if his remote control Thomas would pull it. So that's what we did, ran it behind Thomas. We ran K-Line CSX Railmates behind Thomas as well.

I do all the time!

Don