I'd like to look at creating a lash up with my Missouri Pacific RS-11. The lionel page is at 6-28522. I'm focused now on Union Pacific (since they absorbed the Missouri Pacific - my dad spent his career with MoPac) along with Missouri Pacific. I have a MoPac GP35 but it's TMCC/Pullmor and I don't think it will lash-up well with the can motor RS-11. I'm also guessing I'd want to stay away from Legacy engines since they probably have more speed steps and again won't lash up well. The Union Pacific TMCC H16-44 "baby TrainMaster" has caught my eye as an engine that might look good AND function well lashed up with the MoPac RS-11. The lionel page is at 6-28838. I suppose by the time Missouri Pacific was "MOPed UP" neither of those engines would have been around to prototypically be run together. But maybe it would be a "reasonable" marriage prototypically? Would it be a good functional match TMCC-wise to lash up?
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MOPAC: Since the UP absorbed the Southern Pacific, I think the Lionel TMCC SP RS-11 in "Black Widow" colors should be a realistic consist.
How about the 844? Since they're both TMCC (not Legacy), they should run at the same speeds and easily MU'd.
I believe the FMs used an air throttle, instead of notches... Not compatible with EMD/ALCo products.
The MoPac RS11's were long gone by the time the UP absorbed it.
FM's were compatible with EMD and Alco. Baldwin wasn't.
Rusty
Well, it looks the the UP GP30 Road #844 is out as it has both Magnetraction and Odyssey. I didn't notice but the Baby TrainMaster H16-44 is also Odyssey. Maybe the SP RS-11 from the early 2000s time is the only viable option for a related road name that is reasonably prototype appropriate to run with an RS-11 and is TMCC while not pull-mor and not Odyssey and not Legacy.
I'd "get" the can motor and pull-mor not being able to match speed steps well or a TMCC and a Legacy not being able to MU. But you'd think TMCC would be smart enough to disable Odyssey if I lashed up Odyssey and non Odyssey engines when both were TMCC.
My first priority would be MU that would run well. A distant second would be not putting 2 engines together that in real life would be ridiculous. I wouldn't be terribly concerned about putting a MoPac and UP engine together that had gone out of service before the takeover. That'd be getting a little too picky for my taste.