The 60/40 Layout And Other Railway Related Things


Went on my favourite auction site, and saw this Athearn SD40-2 with factory fitted sound, put in a stupid offer ($60) and it was accepted !!!!!, I feel bad now as I know it's worth more.

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Also waiting for this to arrive from Canada.

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The two locomotives in post #744 have arrived and are very nice, run well and the sound on the SD40 is great too.

Ordered two of these low-sided cars, just cheap Chinese ones for two loads I have sitting around somewhere, unlike the other Evemodels cars I have, these roll like bricks, so some truck tuning will be required.

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Practically done with these, I need to do some more weathering along the bottom edges of the cars also have to order some more wheelsets, I'm one set short so I used a KD and nope, has quite a bit of drag for some reason that the metal axles don't have, tried the truck tuner and no real difference so I'll wait for the new ones to arrive.

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Got the loads ready for these cars, I need to find some straps or chains for them.

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Smudge617 said:
Practically done with these, I need to do some more weathering along the bottom edges of the cars also have to order some more wheelsets, I'm one set short so I used a KD and nope, has quite a bit of drag for some reason that the metal axles don't have, tried the truck tuner and no real difference so I'll wait for the new ones to arrive.

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Got the loads ready for these cars, I need to find some straps or chains for them.

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That’s a great looking engine load.

Great job!l
 
I think it looks great!
If by large you mean weight wise as I recall when hauling them the average prime mover at the time was 40,000 lbs more or less.
I did get some bigger ones that were close to maxing us out, towards 50,000 lbs maybe?
 
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