Triple headed Big Boys at NJHR

Jack

The big boys are lightweights if it took three to pull 33 reefers.  These three pulled 94 loaded hoppers

And these two pulled 80 reefers

Only you guys would come up with a Triple Header!!  Good job, Congrats!!!

Man talk about Heavy Metal ! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Great Video, Got me a bit thirsty for a brew-sky, Tonight if I have a problem going to sleep I will count Ballentine reefers instead of stupid sheep.

80 reefers now your talking.

Jack

Those three should be able to pull 200 cars.

John / Ben

  thinkyou can arrange the for trainstock????

Totally awesome! Thanks for sharing. Now I want two more Big Boys.....lol....

Chris

Nice video!!  Really cool.  I think YUZ GUYZ musta saw my layout and saw I had triple headed three Lionel Dockside switchers and thought hey wait a minute....

I LIKE IT... I LIKE IT ALOT!

Great video. I really enjoyed it.

Looking forward to you guys topping it at Trainstock.

Meanwhile at the power plant.........

Jim D was manning the power station

Now I feel safe

and you wonder about the TIU s

Yeah I do but you guys could care less pulling 9 amps up the hill

Hoping to get a 4th in the lash up. Need to test it

we need more power Scotty

.....Per VL Big Boy.  I'd be disappointed if each couldn't pull at least 75!

Maybe on the flat  No way going up the grade

Guess we'll just have to add another BB!

Joining this thread late-apology if this was mentioned-how many amps were these monsters pulling?  Also, what % grade is in the helix?

Someday I hope to see this layout firsthand.

TrainStock and the big E are the next 2 weekends, a good reason to head east. 1 Big Boy pulled the 50 car consist all around the layout without even breaking a sweat. I don't see 100 as being a problem for 2

 Very cool Gentlemen!

I think that video has just made the DB9 section of the Top Gear cool wall. In the fridge!

Nick

Way cool!

Dilithium chamber at maximum, Captain. 

I really enjoyed the original video - where did the trestles come from?

some came from a company called Bridge Solutions, they have disappeared so we formed "silk City Bridgeworks". we now design and build all of our own product. visit us on F/B or visit us in person, TrainStock is next week, come on down.

I ran my Lionel BB, my MTH Big Boy and my 765 Berk as a lashup on the layout over the weekend, looks strange but worked. The 4th Lionel BB in a lash up will probably work fine. But yes Scotty, we will need more power - might need to drop the shields Captain John

What awesome power for a Toy Train Layout.  I can only

imagine what the real thing was like back in the day passing

a crossing with three Big Boys pulling over 150 or more 

freight cars.

Loved the video.

Many thanks,

Billy C  

I once asked a UP engineer I knew exactly that. He said that drawbar pull on a train that long wouldn't have made triple-heading 4000s worth the effort. He said, "Anything we could doublehead 4000s with was as long as we dared take the main with on the road."

He did say, however, that he headed four of them on a short light move once, to get two each at various points on the road for some reason. He mused that wouldn't been a heck of a sight for anyone seeing them roll by and he'd wished some railfan had caught that move on film.