Early railking steam locomotive

No.

I just don't see any reason to, but maybe that's just me... 

Mark in Oregon

Strummer posted:

No.

I just don't see any reason to, but maybe that's just me... 

Mark in Oregon

No it's not just you.  I also do not run my engines or trains at high speed.  Nothing wrong with it, just not for me.

Oh, wait, I mean I do not OPERATE (more politically correct) my engines fast.  

I prefer to enjoy their splendor as they pass by.  (And I dont want any casualties.)

It depends on what I am running and what mood I am in.  I tend to run post war a bit faster, but modern steam engines a bit slower.  It's all good-there is no right or wrong way to run trains.

RAK posted:

It depends on what I am running and what mood I am in.  I tend to run post war a bit faster, but modern steam engines a bit slower.  It's all good-there is no right or wrong way to run trains.

Its fast for me because thats what I saw as a kid.Seaboard coast line was known for fast freights.I mean 60 mph would be considered slow.How ever today they run slow nowadays.Its now CSX  and they run pretty slow.

I've had my Visionline Bog Boy running at full throttle.  It ran very well and never threatened to leave the track on the O72 curves.  I've run most of my locomotives at full speed at least once.

I have an MTH PRR G5s steam engine #5740 that has great whistle and chuffing sounds at high speed. I often run it up to 16 volts AC on my Z4000 transformer for a minute or two - probably about 70 mph - pulling 3 LIRR passenger cars - just as the real one did on the eastern end of Long Island. Nice sounds and whistle when the train is really moving...

MELGAR

I had a customer that kept wearing out the gears in a Lionel 2343 diesel. After about the 3rd repair I finally stopped by his house to see his layout. A long oval on a bar with banked curves running with a prewar Z transformer at 25 volts.....

Early Railkings are the best because they don't have that Ps1 or 2 nonsense.