Horses for Courses

[Belmont Road]

I have quite a large 00 guage layout based on Woodford Hulse on the GC.

I have been trying to work out an efficient way of running it with realistic movements.

I have found though that perhaps like the prototype certain locos work better than others and wondered if other modellers find the same?

On the steam side mixed traffic 4-6-0's and moguls really perform well but my three pacifics can get round (3ft radius curves) but they struggle to perform as usefully as latter.

Diesels up to co - co are ok too but my class 40 really doesn't like the layouit at all.

Look forward to your comments

[redudley]

I find on my layout that some of the newer models do seem to struggle on the curves, but older ones seem to fly round. Iv'e taken to double-heading some of mine, that seems to work fine

[Alex Crawford]

Hi,

I found that on my new layout a couple of engines that struggled on my old layout now perform ok. They even go relativley slowly, which they never did on the old layout. Don't know why, all the curves are the same, 1st radius, although there are some 2nd radius curves as well. Maybe the general layout is better.

My engine are all steam and N gauge.

Alex