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Re: Magnetic couplers
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lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:55:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jeff Boen writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Warren writes:
> > I was just curious. Has anyone experimented to see how many cars can be • pulled
> > by an engine before the couplers pulled apart from the weight of the cars?
> > Especially when talking about going up inclines. I just wondered if the
> > magnets are strong enough to pull a very large train.
Around 20 cars on flat ground, without puting one motor into the middle of the
train. 9 passanger cars up a 2 plate slope, heavyweight cars. 2 motors at
front, 1 near rear.
If you intend on running up and down grades, you can allways add a helper like
fullsize. I find that the most frightening thing is not how many cars I can
pull up the grade, but that the motors will slide going down the grade with the
same load.
James Powell
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