Weight Or # Of Cars..

[FRENCHBLUE72]

hOW MUCH WEIGHT OR HOW MANY CARS WILL A TYCO TRAIN SET PULL? (DARN CAPS LOC) I have got my shelf up and am gonna have some trouble makein the 90 degree turns any suggestions? tHANKS IN ADVANCE.

[Trainman1965]

Well the weight a loco will pull is all up to the loco. I have one RS3 that will pull all the cars i can put behind it and then i have one more that does good to pull 5-6 cars. just have to hook them up and see what it can do. no for the 90 deg turns you are going to have to work them out. If you are making a turn in a corner then start making the trun before you get to the corner. sweep it out and add a brace from the corner out to the track.

[TallDude]

Its been years since I had a tyco engine, but I remember it pulling 10-12 cars on a flat surface. As Trainmain said, a lot of it depends on the locomotive, whether the cars have metal wheels or plastic, the weight of the cars, and grades (up/down or flat), etc.

[ThoroughBreed]

You also have to take into consideration that tyco cars have truck mounted couplers and are more likely to be pulled off the track easier. If you go thru the task of adding weight to them, you might as well make them body mounted couplers too.