Encouraging start to running trains again

Blue baby states!  Next up, the mighty 385E hauling 500 freights.  The 385E has a good whistle also. But this guy is going to get some more track time first.  Really runs good.  I was messing around trying to set the stall on the powermaster and I got this guy stuck in neutral somehow.  I thought I had fried something by using the whistle, like the E unit, which also works very well on this engine.  After monkeying with it a bit, I figured out how to reset the PM and got it running in forward again then flipped the switch on the engine to lock it in forward.  That was a relief, hence my delight that everything is ok, and even better than I anticipated.  I was fearing the worst, but ended up on top.  How many times does that happen.

Awesome! 

Ya gotta love those air whistles! I have one in my Lionel Classics 2-390E and my 2-400E! :-)

William1,

   Great Standard Gauge Trains beautiful colors, sounds assume by the way!  With great trains like those, you got to set up at least a Christmas layout, if you have the space make a permanent Layout!

PCRR/Dave

fantastic!

With the word out and the salesmen burning up the phone lines the freight yard filled up pretty quick.  Time to run some revenue with the 385E.  Of course my first inclination is to see how many pretty cars I can haul in a row, but I am limiting train size to five cars just to be nice to these vintage engines.  Old 385 isn't happy though.  He wants to haul ten, and I'm sure he can.  With a proud whistle and a heart of steel.  Just thought you guys might like to know there is another happy tinplate guy that arose from his slumber.  Cheers,       BK

Nice to see your trains running on carpet central layout. Pure tradition of tinplate trains. 

Keep them running, i always enjoy your videos.

Daniel

Sans carpet.  It's ten below here and we are running on a plastic laminate floor on a concrete slab.  I spend half my days with my boots off next to the stove in the caboose trying to get some feeling back in my toes.  I have dreams about curling my toes amongst a thick pile shag rug.  Perhaps with mon ami.  We do what we gotta do.

ENJOY those GREAT SG trains! BIG trains rule! :-)

There is truly something righteous in taking a pack of tinplate track, with some old tricks of the trade, knock it together, connect a couple of skinny wires, run a piece of sandpaper over the top of the rails, get it all tight, then roll the thunder baby.  Ninety year old trains will always be cool.  Long may they run.

Awesome! Beautiful stuff!

I suspect the CW-80 isn't junk. It just doesn't have enough clean amps to run Standard gauge. It has only about 3 amps or less at the track output. You should need about 2 amps, but I suspect that puts it close to the limit. There is a guy on the forum looking for some, regardless the condition.

George