Dual 0-8-0 locomotives?

Pretty cool. I like it.

I just added two more cars for a total of 16.  I noticed that both locos are experiencing wheel sleep.  The entire line starts moving at about 45% power on the CW-80, but at speed the wheel slip makes me think that it's reached maximum pulling capacity.  16 cars plus 2 locos / 2 tenders is still pretty cool and about 16 feet long.  Not bad for two entry level 0-8-0s.

 

I double head my 2 legacy 0-8-0's all the time.  I have a pretty steep grade on my layout and use them to push a train of about 20 cars up it for some switching.

 

correction- wheel "slip,"  not sleep

I was pulling about 8 cars on the Christmas Tree loop, which has 042 curves, and got some wheel slip, which dis-appointed me, these engines are a lot lighter than I expected them to be, and only have one traction tire.

 

 The 0-6-0T Docksider is very impressive, it is very heavy for it's size, and has two traction tires. On a 13x24 loop around the Family and Dining rooms, that has 082 curves, I have pulled 41 cars behind the Docksider without any wheel slip.

 

Doug

I used my NYC Flyer 0-8-0 last Christmas to pull the entire NPC streamliner (8 cars) and 3 mail/express cars, and did have some slippage, but only in one spot if most of the train was in curves.  Make sure that all the drivers are in plumb. I had a few that were wobbly and it would affect traction.

Thanks,
Mario

Garret76,  Jdevleerjr is using the Legacy 0-8-0's, those are a whole different breed of cat than the starter set 0-8-0's.

 

Doug

Garret76, Just for kicks, I have a 36 car train on the outside loop of the two loops around the Family/Dining rooms, that I was running Legacy/TMCC and DCS stuff on, I hooked up one of the starter set 0-8-0s, not surprisingly, I got a LOT of wheel slip. I was surpised though that it looked like it might have been getting a little traction, not wanting to tear up the traction tire, I added a second 0-8-0, and they hooked up, and hauled away that train just fine.

 

 Now for the REAL FUN, I added two more to the head end, and added one as a pusher behind the caboose, it looked really cool, but when accelerating the red light on the modern ZW would start to flicker or glow if I accelerated less than very gently, once the train settled in to the new speed the red light would go out.

 

I NEED to learn how to take videos and load them into the computer, and post them on the forum, learning pics before the forum could host them directly was a challenge enough for me. I know there are plenty of fourth graders(and probably many who are younger) who are laughing at me right now, but I really have a LOT to learn about computers. Sometimes, it's frustrating because I KNOW, that the computer is capable of doing many things, that I just don't know how to do.

 

 I have several Nephews seriously involved in 3 rail O-Gauge, and three of those 0-8-0s will be their Birthday presents for 2013. I figured it would be a Good idea to play with them, er, uh, ahm, I MEAN TEST them, actually I have found that to be a VERY good idea before giving them as gifts(go ahead, ask me how I learned that).

 

 My Wife has a very accurate food scale, so out of curiosity(my Wife, wasn't home when I did this,) I weighed both the 0-8-0s and the 0-6-0T Docksider. The 0-8-0s (without, the tenders) weigh 2 pounds, 6.5 ounces. The 0-6-0T Docksider weighed in at 2 pounds, 11.2 ounces.

 

Hopefully, I can figure out the video posting thing before the wife makes me take down the trains, it has already been mentioned.

 

Doug