Suggestions for Locomotives?

[sailormatlac]

Mike, it wasn't unusual to run a long branchline with switchers. In my area, the local railway was more than 90 miles long and they used SW1200RS. Most of the time 2 units, and when tonnage was higher, they lashed up another one.

Matt

Matt, absolutely. I'm a switcher guy, but my understanding is that crews just prefer road switchers for the road and switchers for the yard. The St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain ran GE 70 tonners for it's full length. I like end cabs over road switchers, but to each their own.

Exohead seems to prefer Geeps, and they would not be out of place.

BTW Matt, I love your 149th Street blog. Great work!

I absolutely agree! Switchers are great. When Rapido announced the SW1200RS I didn't hesitate to set the club layout in 1993 to operate the switchers has I described in my previous post.

I certainly won't argue against Geeps. Exohead can't go wrong choosing them. They are the most ubiquitous power for what he is trying to achieve.

Thanks for the nice comments. I still have a lot of home improvement to do before I can bring back the 149th Street home, but meanwhile, I'm having fun expanding the fleet and learning more about freight cars. I would have never thought I'd develop a love for Erie! ;-)

Matt