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Pat showed my K-Line Hudson among many others on this thread Hudsons Galore...Tales From Harmon Shops  I received it the middle of last week.  Pat did a great job, including repainting to cover the light weathering the first owner had applied.  You can check the link above to see what he had to say about it, so I will just say it looks, runs, sounds, smokes great.  I tried running it pulling a nice set of Lionel Pulmans I received from forum member @chris a but had trouble with a switch that kept derailing the observation car.  They ran great after I installed LED lighting, so I think the problem is the switch.  I parked them on the back of the upper loop to show them off.

Here is a video of the Hudson pulling a train of 27 cars up and down my 4+% grades.  Yes indeed, it is a stump puller as Pat says.  I'm amazed that one motor can pull all of this.  The upgrade is at about 1:20 into the video.  Hat's off to Pat!  He's the one that did it all.  Disclaimer: I have the smoke turned off because I don't run smoke in the house.

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Thank you, Bob, Bill, Paul, Mike, Sam, Gene!

Bill, I feel like I am just way too confined in this space to do anything nearly what I would like to make the layout seem like West Virginia.  Your comment encouraged me!

Paul, you are right, I need at least two engines or two two-engine diesels to pull more cars that the 9 or 10 you mentioned.

Sam, good question.  Normally I only run smoke just long enough to make sure it is working after buying an engine or before selling one.  I have setup an oval of track on the patio and run smoke.  However, I haven’t bothered since my layout was completed enough to get a nice run inside.

Gene, the sound is good going up the grade.  None of my other engines quite do that.

@Mark Boyce posted:

Here is a video of the Hudson pulling a train of 27 cars up and down my 4+% grades.  Yes indeed, it is a stump puller as Pat says.  I'm amazed that one motor can pull all of this.  The upgrade is at about 1:20 into the video.  Hat's off to Pat!  He's the one that did it all.  Disclaimer: I have the smoke turned off because I don't run smoke in the house.



It depends on the motor.   I suspect pat gave it the nice fat Pittman, that will give it the power to twist gears off their axles.

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