David_B

Thanks for the replies...I was hoping that was the case with the longer locomotives, but there is no substitute for first hand testament. Cheers David.

Hi All... Sorry to drag this post to the front from two years ago. I have very little knowledge of N. American railroad practices but would like to "have a go" at a N. American switching layout in HO. Having read this thread and most of the others alluded to along the way I really like this plan, so.... I was wondering how many cars would be a good number to populate this layout? Also, is the interchange track at the bottom right the same as a staging track? A good friend of mine in the UK has had a look through his spare track box and has a goodly number of small radius peco code 100 points he is willing to donate to my project but they are not electrofrog, so my next question (a little off topic, sorry) is will a Bachmann GE 44 ton switcher negotiate these without stalling? (hoping someone has experience with this), or could any one suggest a switcher that performs well over insulfrog points assuming well laid track and all. It would be nice not to have to invest in new track as this would be a test bed to see if i like the N. American outline & I really dont like the electrical side of the hobby so it would be strictly one engine, all tracks live and finger switching the points.. Any help would be appreciated... Cheers David