speed matching

[yard master]

When speed matching locos do most ppl do it by road name ...ie all my CN ...ect togather or by locomotive type ...ie all my AC6000 or c630m togather. oR AM i WAY OVER THINKING THIS?


jAY

 

[D&J RailRoad]

I picked up one of the ACCUTRACK Speedometers and plan to speed match all of my locos regardless of the road name or steam or diesel. That way i can MU anything to anything.

 

[number9]

I picked up one of the ACCUTRACK Speedometers and plan to speed match all of my locos regardless of the road name or steam or diesel. That way i can MU anything to anything.

Not to hijack anything, but I have a speed matching question. I always thought when I see three mrr engines pulling a line of cars (ala D&J railroad videos) that the front engine was doing the pulling and the others just have their lights on from being on the track. Am I to infer from the first question asked that is not the case, and that in reality people have all three engines pulling the load?

Will one engine not pull two other engines + cars? I am assuming I can find a FAQ on how to program my engines to do speed matching? I am also assuming that when you say "speed matching" you mean same number same speed. Lets use my NCE power cab as an example: engine "A" at speed "7" might be physically faster on the track than engine "B" at speed "7", so I somehow figure out the speed difference and program engine "A" to slow down to engine "B"s speed?

I am getting curious about this myself as I have a pair of SD40-2 engines that I would like to both have pulling a load.

Thank you.

 

[marriedshades]

What i have seen though have not done. to speed match dc locos you need to make sure the motors pull the same. dcc is easery to speed mach do to the fact to can set the locos cv so they pull the same.

 

[rzw0wr]

To answer your question number9, all engines pull and should be running about the same speed.
I have never done this but, I have read that on a DCC track this is done with speed steps.

 

[PeteT]

There is a very good video on the basics of speed matching on the Model Railroader MRVideo website
There are a couple of good ones on youtube as well - have a look at a few by FishplateFilms.
I have speed matched all of mine and they can all be MU'd in any combination

Pete T

 

[D&J RailRoad]

Not to hijack anything, but I have a speed matching question. I always thought when I see three mrr engines pulling a line of cars (ala D&J railroad videos) that the front engine was doing the pulling and the others just have their lights on from being on the track. Am I to infer from the first question asked that is not the case, and that in reality people have all three engines pulling the load?

Will one engine not pull two other engines + cars? I am assuming I can find a FAQ on how to program my engines to do speed matching? I am also assuming that when you say "speed matching" you mean same number same speed. Lets use my NCE power cab as an example: engine "A" at speed "7" might be physically faster on the track than engine "B" at speed "7", so I somehow figure out the speed difference and program engine "A" to slow down to engine "B"s speed?

I am getting curious about this myself as I have a pair of SD40-2 engines that I would like to both have pulling a load.

Thank you.

Yes, all my locos are powered and are pulling or pushing (DPU) the load.

 

[Iron Horseman]

When speed matching locos do most ppl do it by road name ...ie all my CN ...ect togather or by locomotive type ...ie all my AC6000 or c630m togather. oR AM i WAY OVER THINKING THIS?

If you are speed matching you would want to match the locomotives that you are going to run together in a consist or pusher sets. Anything else (road name, loco type, manufacturer) is irrelevant.

I can't say what "most" people do, but I set the speeds based on prototypical gearing. Then I choose locos with the same "gearing" to run together in consists.