Bachmann N GE 70 Ton Switchers

[Bendtracker1]

I'm thinking about looking into one of these for a dedicated switcher for my Riceland plant.

Does anybody have one that they can give me an all around performance rating on?

I will be shoving about ten 3 bay grain hoppers with it on a flat level grade and will using DCC.  If they do as well as the 44 tonners I think should be OK.

Thanks for any input.

Allen...

[M.C. Fujiwara]

The 70-tonners are a bit lighter than the 44-tonner.
A little more finicky over the turnouts, too.
As for pulling power: mine pulls 5-6 40' boxcars around 9" flat curves ok.
I don't have the space for 10 cars on a straight
I haven't tried adding weight to the 70-tonner, but I don't see a whole lot of space to put it, anyway.

Two 44-tonners should be no problem.
And a single Kato NW2 could pull the horns off a bull.