Reading through Doug's review of Merchant Navy "Canadian Pacific" I noted that the loco seemed to have 0.6kg of hauling power. The review is here
Now this to me seemed a bit of a surprise as the Bachmann 4MT tested recently hauled 1.5kg which was the weight of a bag of flour on a low loader bogie wagon and whilst the loco struggled it did pull away. This was the equivalent of about 12 Hornby Mk1 coaches. This compared favourably with the Hornby Dublo equivalent.
In this context do any of you have issues with loco pulling power or are you all happy with what the manufacturers are offering these days?
Old Tri-ang and Tri-ang Hornby lightweight locomotives do struggle to pull more than 4 coaches but this seems to be a rare issue among todays offerings.
Traction tyres can help but of course we have lobbied for a long time to have models without traction tyres and so it is rare for recently designed locos to have these fitted.
Happy modelling
Gary
Now this to me seemed a bit of a surprise as the Bachmann 4MT tested recently hauled 1.5kg which was the weight of a bag of flour on a low loader bogie wagon and whilst the loco struggled it did pull away. This was the equivalent of about 12 Hornby Mk1 coaches. This compared favourably with the Hornby Dublo equivalent.
In this context do any of you have issues with loco pulling power or are you all happy with what the manufacturers are offering these days?
Old Tri-ang and Tri-ang Hornby lightweight locomotives do struggle to pull more than 4 coaches but this seems to be a rare issue among todays offerings.
Traction tyres can help but of course we have lobbied for a long time to have models without traction tyres and so it is rare for recently designed locos to have these fitted.
Happy modelling
Gary