Thanks for the reply's. I was pulling a dummy loco and 13 pieces of rolling stock at one point but became concerned it would be too much.

I recently received a new EMD GP40 locomotive. I am totally new at this railroading and wonder if someone could tell me about how many rolling stock cars should be or could be pulled by this locomotive. I inherited a large number of rolling stock cars a few weeks ago and i do not want to ruin the loco.

Hi Rich, I'm not sure about the tracks material. I am impressed by the EZ track system though. Certainly it poses some issues trying to incorporate it into a layout with regular tracked trains but I'll figure it out.

I ran a Life Like brand loco on this track and it performed well except for in the x-crossing of the figure 8. I suspect that's where the eight wheel drive will shine. No temporary loss of power I would guess.

I'm really just a beginner at this. I bought my first train about 2 months ago to run around the Christmas tree. The bug has bit me I guess. I'm probably jumping the gun here and looking further forward than I should be but curiosity gets the best of me at times.

I've seen some awesome layouts on Youtube and one of the first questions i had was how do they run more than one loco at a time and just how many cars does the average loco have the ability to pull.

Hi Rich, you are correct. This is a diesel locomotive and it will not move. The motor sounds as though it's running and the lights work but it will not move. I'm sending it in to the service department. For $15 they will repair or replace it. I picked the entire set up for $4 dollars at a Goodwill store.

Thanks D for the reply. Not looking to sell. I was just curious. I spoke with a fella at Bachmann service to see about getting the loco repaired. He ask me about the set and I told him what it was. He was not familiar with it.

I recently purchased a HO scale train by Bachmann but cannot find any information on it. Item #00634, Silver Star with figure 8 EZ track. Trying to determine the age.