Union Pacific: 110 Car Empty Coal Drag
4,838 views · Published 13 May 2012 · 6:17 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: Jason Stiles · 2012 · Entertainment
Filmed 05/12/12 Here's my 110 car unit coal train. Been a while since I've run this one, and after getting some bugs worked out of it, I got this beast running well enough that I was even able to run it up and over our "fly-over" track. The Fly-over takes trains from Line #1 up and over Line #2, coming back down to Line #3. I think the up and down grades are a four or five percent grade, throw in the "S" curving, and you have a tricky section of track that big trains sometimes have issues negotiating. This train however, went over it like a champ the very first time. I was surprised. For anyone wondering, I'm not going to put loads in this train. It will remain empty. Everyone seems to run loaded coal trains, but the railroads have just as many empties on their way back to get loaded. Model railroaders load their trains to add, and then hide, the weights. Running this many empty cars is much more challenging since they aren't weighted like the loaded cars, making them lighter and more difficult to stay on the track. What can I say, I like a challenge... Train club account: http://www.youtube.com/user/EJCMRailroadClub/featured EJCM website: http://easternjacksoncountymainliners.com/ Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Freelanced_Model_Railroads/ deviantART page: http://up9229.deviantart.com/
