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How many cars should a Lionel 4-6-4 Hudson with magnetrac be able to pull on a no grade oval?
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It should have no problem with 20-25 cars.
When I was curator on Rochester, NY's historic PAL layouts we had a 2046 pulling 20 card, including up a 7% grade with no problems.

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