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Post by josef on Oct 25, 2019 21:03:00 GMT
This is great. I quit counting.
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Post by kstrains on Oct 25, 2019 22:09:46 GMT
That is a lot! The most I have done are 4 MTH Steam Engines. Beyond that the breaker flips.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Oct 25, 2019 22:32:47 GMT
That video is from 2012 and I believe all those SD40-2s were being taken out of service for scrap. Note how the Union Pacific name has been roughly blotted out with black spray paint. I checked a few of the road numbers and they are now assigned to newer/bigger engines.
Incidentally I don’t think that all these engines were lashed up although I wonder how they managed braking. My personal total of lashed up models is 5, 2 steam and 3 diesel, all Legacy.
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Post by josef on Oct 25, 2019 22:36:31 GMT
That video is from 2012 and I believe all those SD40-2s were being taken out of service for scrap. Note how the Union Pacific name has been roughly blotted out with black spray paint. I checked a few of the road numbers and they are now assigned to newer/bigger engines. Incidentally I don’t think that all these engines were lashed up although I wonder how they managed braking. My personal total of lashed up models is 5, 2 steam and 3 diesel, all Legacy. I have to admit, that is a cool consist being pulled.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2019 23:59:36 GMT
Here's one with 3 I did...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2019 0:20:57 GMT
I lash up 3 GP7's. Also 2 SD70ACe's. Could probably lash them all up together, but it would not look right.
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Post by dennym57 on Oct 26, 2019 6:52:50 GMT
I've done three engines.
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Oct 26, 2019 11:15:39 GMT
That video is from 2012 and I believe all those SD40-2s were being taken out of service for scrap. Note how the Union Pacific name has been roughly blotted out with black spray paint. I checked a few of the road numbers and they are now assigned to newer/bigger engines. Incidentally I don’t think that all these engines were lashed up although I wonder how they managed braking. My personal total of lashed up models is 5, 2 steam and 3 diesel, all Legacy. Locomotives have what they call a “dead engine feature”. It is an air valve that is positioned in a certain way and it alters the air brake system in a way where the engine is basically turned into a boxcar. This way, only the brake pipe needs to be connected throughout the train and the main reservoirs are charged from the brake pipe pressure, just like a freight car. Many railroads will not use the feature but simply connect the main reservoir hoses (one of the three hoses on each side of the pilot) between each engine and supply the dead engines with air for braking. If the engines were running, they would be fully MUed (lashed up) using all the connections between the engines including the electrical 27 pin jumper, used to control Traction power between all the locomotives... Tom
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Post by josef on Oct 26, 2019 11:47:12 GMT
That video is from 2012 and I believe all those SD40-2s were being taken out of service for scrap. Note how the Union Pacific name has been roughly blotted out with black spray paint. I checked a few of the road numbers and they are now assigned to newer/bigger engines. Incidentally I don’t think that all these engines were lashed up although I wonder how they managed braking. My personal total of lashed up models is 5, 2 steam and 3 diesel, all Legacy. Locomotives have what they call a “dead engine feature”. It is an air valve that is positioned in a certain way and it alters the air brake system in a way where the engine is basically turned into a boxcar. This way, only the brake pipe needs to be connected throughout the train and the main reservoirs are charged from the brake pipe pressure, just like a freight car. Many railroads will not use the feature but simply connect the main reservoir hoses (one of the three hoses on each side of the pilot) between each engine and supply the dead engines with air for braking. If the engines were running, they would be fully MUed (lashed up) using all the connections between the engines including the electrical 27 pin jumper, used to control Traction power between all the locomotives... Tom Very informative. Thanks for posting. Learning something new everyday here.
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Post by Adam on Oct 26, 2019 12:19:28 GMT
Impressive. I counted 36, but my eyes were going cross so I could be off.
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Post by ptc on Oct 26, 2019 13:26:44 GMT
Four at the most.
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Post by laz57 on Oct 26, 2019 13:59:20 GMT
4 for me all Reading & NORTHERN Lionel GP38s with Legacy. Looked cool.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2019 23:34:07 GMT
I just wish I had that many engines so I could do a lash up! I love seeing the lash up's and long trains. Keep the videos coming.
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Oct 27, 2019 0:39:07 GMT
I just wish I had that many engines so I could do a lash up! I love seeing the lash up's and long trains. Keep the videos coming. You just need a lot of dummy, unpowered engines! It would make an interesting train to run! Tom
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Post by harborbelt70 on Oct 27, 2019 3:03:25 GMT
I just wish I had that many engines so I could do a lash up! I love seeing the lash up's and long trains. Keep the videos coming. You just need a lot of dummy, unpowered engines! It would make an interesting train to run! Tom Yeah, but with dummies they need to have smoke and right now I think only Lionel offers that and not MTH (?). I mean in diesel engines. The absence of smoke in recent MTH unpowered A or B units has turned me against purchases that I might otherwise have made.
It occurs to me to ask whether there has ever been a dummy steam engine from either Lionel or MTH? I doubt it - except for those DOAs that have become unhappily frequent.
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