How much pulling power will two doubleheaded Lionchief engines have? (post revised 1/2/17 with additional information)

Of course you are going to increase your pulling power.  I have a Lionchief 0-8-0 and it can easily  pull 8-10 med weight cars by itself.    Double headed ive pulled 15-20.   Its a strong engine...

FYI, the original post in this thread has been updated with additional information and video links.

Next question: How much power are you able to feed the track? And why do you say it can only pull 4 cars? Stall? Wheel spin?

My only really negative thought would be how to sync throttles? A common transmitter frequency? If they are close in speed and the way they react , I'd say why not? But you really won't know until the two sit side by side somewhere.

  I don't know about double the max cars. I never ran that kinda test double heading very seriously. Teaming two Generals got me what I wanted length wise and that was enough. Plus I like the look. I think I did get an an extra car per loco advantage; I not sure though. Im not pushing the max per loco so they will last, and I didn't loose ability...except the smoke units suffer a tad on only 90-100w. (Mind you theses are pulmor, and I can always go to more power)

 But this it was enough to learn that yanking the #2s pilot beam sideways isn't great for holding track. A coupler shafts pivot point should ideally be where it does the least pulling to the side.

   Being an 0-8-0 it does have a long wheel base to counter it, but its overhang might cause the coupler to be off center in curves. That whole mess comes into play on loco lateral shifts within the tracks gauge from that off center pull on the coupler generating the shift from a long way off, giving it leverage. Couplers set up with the articulations meant to keep the coupling centered and ballanced front to rear is ideal. Hopefully that was done.

   That's what happened with the General FROM THE PILOT BEAM. I then tried coupling to the pilot truck, and that worked to keep the body from being forced around, and the drivers with it, by keeping the coupling articulations close to gauge center via wheels, and actual pull happening closer to the drivers pivot, where it has less leverage. You might need weights added to the #1 tender. I put the stronger, faster reacting engine to the rear to lessen the #2 pilot's side pull maximum possibilities. Its smoother starts that way IMO.

All that said: You should be able to tell how yours might fare. Put the loco on your tightest curve and couple the tender on up front like your running a DH. Check swing at the steps and stops, run it. Heck use a bread tie and couple a train on the tender and run it cab forward as a test.  If its a teathered unit and wont run unteathered, just push and pull on the tender while checking to make sure nothing binds at all side to side, at the knuckles or shifts excessively. If it does well with a strong pulls at the nose, you are OK in that respect.

You could also do a static curve test with a car up front and the tender at the rear and pulling in opposite dicrictions while trying to wiggle and shake the engine into a derail. It will likely happen easier in motion.

hi,great looking set for holidays, i have 0-8-0 penn. rtr lionchief , have pulled 12 cars no problem. maybe different motors.