I haven't posted about the O gauge layout in a while. Last month I bought a Lionel Postwar 2329 Virginian Rectifier at a train meet because it was a good deal. Over 40-some years of buying and selling toy trains, I've never had the Postwar Rectifier. I did have some MPC and newer ones, and also had an HO one from the late 1950s.
One of the reasons I built the layout is to play with the trains that come through. Figuring the 2329 should pull coal trains, I pulled out a bunch of 2456 and 6456 Lehigh Valley hoppers. I wanted to see how many it will pull.
I oiled the cars before putting them on the track. The Virgianian pulls 10 cars OK, but once more cars are added I had problems with couplers opening and cars unconnected.
The video shows one hopper car sitting on the carpet. I added that car after making this video and the train ran.
It pulls all 12 hoppers and the upgraded 6017 gray caboose once the couplers are adjusted and the cars with problem couplers are moved to the back of the train.
A freind will be bringing me some more hoppers on Saturday so we can see how many it will pull.