@Don McErlean posted:Well folks here is my story today, a new acquisition about which I am really excited. I did post a few pictures of this loco on "Front End Friday" but I thought I would post some additional pictures here. I must admit, I am really enthusiastic about this locomotive. Its my first Amtrak loco and my first large Williams by Bachmann locomotive. I had bought 2 Williams GE 44 tonner's before and they were great operators so I thought I would try this larger engine. Man! I am excited. This gal runs like a charm, smooooooth and powerful , takes 0-31 curves with no problem had great sounds and a cool horn. The level of detail is really wonderful.
Its the Amtrack, F59PH Pacific Surfliner. Here is the side view of the entire locomotive.
The next two pictures gives you a glimpse of the level of "add on" detail Williams provided to this locomotive. Windshield wipers, crew, lights, crew ladders , rear view mirrors, etc.
Here she is with her current train. The loco so over-shadows the PW Lionel passenger cars that its clear to me, I will need some additional and more appropriate Amtrak cars.
Folks, I am used to the pre (sometimes tinplate) and post war level of detail. The detail on the roof of this locomotive is amazing to me. You can see fan blades under the fan screen, vents are actually open and the horn array is highly detailed. This is really cool to me.
Here is a little video of her in action.
That is one great looking engine, Don! Now if you can find some Amtrak Surfliner cars to go with it, you'll have an awesome looking train.
I've ridden the Surfliner several times from San Diego up to Los Angeles and back. It is one beautiful ride! I took this photo back in September of 2018, just before boarding. The EMD F59PH locomotives were replaced with the Siemens Chargers a short time later.
WBB did an awesome job on this one. Nice going.
