Mark, BLI does excellent work.
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GN W-1 B-D-D-B electrics.
Imported by Custom Brass models in 1976.
These were equivalent to the Big Boy only the lead and trailing trucks were powered.
These were the largest single engines electrics ever made.
They were 15.5' high and I read where the crew, initially, ducked when they entered their first tunnel.
The GNRY had 2 of these; 5018 and 5019.
The 5018 has a non sound decoder.
I installed a Tsunami electric decoder in the 5019.
Video: yard test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgtGGuCVqu8
I painted this engine back in 2016.
Tsunami decoder with a PFM speaker from the 1970's.
A 4 wire connector made to go to the frame.
Programming track.
I need to relabel the engine to 5019.
The address is 5018 to operate with the other engine.
I left the incandescent bulbs that I installed 9 years ago (too hard to access that area).
There are 2 at each end and in series so they didn't need a resistor.
Before:
Incandescent lights look nice.
I painted the 5019.
I acquired the 5018 that the previous owner painted and he did a nice job.
Top views.
No decals for the striping was used on either engine; just very thin tape for the 'masking'.
I remember it being 'fun' masking for that yellow line!
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Went to Bob's house so he could upload the turbine sounds in my UP GE #2 diesel turbine engine.
He also has a 3D printer.....
and he's 'printing' all the sides to my 12' ore dock that I started back in the 80's and never finished!
Printed from original GN plans.
Need 64 of these 'sides'!
Need a bunch of these chutes also!
Finally, I'll have sides on my ore dock!
