May 6, 201410 yr My HE seems to haul butt just fine with 1 PF motor and triple A battery box. I know the boy has made it derail a few times. Like others mentioned, I debated swapping in conventional wheel sets, but after carefully setting up the technic trucks it seemed to be much improved over what we started with. I still have another 2 HE's to build for myself, as well as another for him(came in the 40+ lb bulk lot(well, most of it)), so I will test it when I have a full(2 set) train as well. The HE is a very heavy, solid set, so I could see it straining the PF some.
May 6, 201410 yr as well as another for him(came in the 40+ lb bulk lot(well, most of it)), so I will test it when I have a full(2 set) train as well. Huh! I thought I was the only lucky one to acquire in bulk the majority of parts to build an extra HE or 2. When I add 6 to 8 total cars in the middle with the complete build, I will definitely need 2 PF motors, a AAA battery box and possibly even a train weight in my main locomotive to pull that many cars. If I go with the train weight, I will lose some stability on the snot brick chevron pattern, but that should not be a huge issue.
May 9, 201410 yr hehe I use 4 9v motors on mine, less stress on the motors in bends and up hills. U might be able to run it up the walls and back down with 4 motors in there
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