Locos - Rolling stock (general)
SP SD9E BUILD
Hi Guys. I promised I would post some pics of this build. This was the last RPP shell I had in my to-do closet. I've had it for years. Thought about selling it or junking it in lieu of getting a Proto SD9, but decided to let it rip. This will be a layout workhorse more than a static display model, so I decided to live with the some of the crude details of the shell, and fix what was easy and reasonable, plus add the appropriate details.
Does double heading two DC locos damage gears and motor? How best to do this?
To have two locos pulling the consist I try to put two similar engines together (i.e. same manufacturer and type) and hope for the best. No two locos ever seem to run at the same speed even if same manufacturer. This is a DC layout and therefore doesn't have the ease of DCC control for matching the locos speeds. How much damage can be done to the gears and motor of the engines in doing this? Is there a better way? If using same manufacturer's locos it seems to work reasonably well but at least one engine must be getting extra force from dragging or pulling the other?
New Additions to the Ghost River
Finally, I get around to updating what's happening on the Ghost River. I've been busy adding lots of scenery, scratchbuilding some structures, generally goofing off and entering my inventory into Easy Model Railroader. The inventory was quite a challenge, but once I got onto the program things progessed easily over the period of a week or so. Loco pictures have been added and rolling stock is next.
Concor Pierce-Arrow Goose
To anyone who has one of these. I got side stepped in my decoder tester build when I wanted to run mine.
Beware the rear light. It is incandescent and generates enought heat to damage the freight car body. Mine was damaged. Concor is sending a replacement. in the mean time I replaced the incandescent with a warm white LED. The Pierce-Arrow car body has a, confirmed, warm white LED so no damage in view.
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