https://blog.model-train-help.com/2025/01/using-a-double-mainline-pulling-20-cars.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-a-double-mainline-pulling-20-cars Model railroads and model trains Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:39:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2025/01/using-a-double-mainline-pulling-20-cars.html#comment-80427 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:39:02 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6938#comment-80427 BTW a double slip is actually two left hand or two right hand turnouts fitted together. It’s fun to try out and it’s the principle of how double slips are operated.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2025/01/using-a-double-mainline-pulling-20-cars.html#comment-77365 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 18:03:32 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6938#comment-77365 If you are trying to get 20 cars, plus trains up a grade with two locos, then 4% rise usually works OK. Getting over 4%, train length and power needed to pull said trains is really a factor. As an earlier poster said, real RRs avoid grades like the plague for the same reasons…………….

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