Great Northern railway

Layout visit to Keith's house and to diagnose a 'problem'.

Joe and I went to Keith's house to diagnose 'no power' to a 'district'.

One 'booster' had 'off line' on the far right toggle (red light on).

'Flipped' the toggle several times and the 'off line' red light 'went off'.

Toggle must be defective but 'if left alone' should be OK.

I like 'quick fixes'!

Layout shaped as a large 'U' for the isle way with the railroad on both sides.

Staging tracks: left half and right half is 'from' and 'to'.

'Heavily' kit bashed caboose' from a boxcar.

Original station sign.

That 'time of year' in my neighborhood.

Keith has a very nice layout!

Wow; flowering trees already! 😊

Train show at Springfield, Ohio plus NMRA MCR DIV 7 meeting with 2 layout visits.

Good day: 9 hours of 'railroading'

Springfield, Ohio.

Miles: 60

2 buildings with a large connecting building.

1st building.

More 'brass' is 'showing up' at the train shows.

Old S scale set.

Nice N&W passenger cars.

Can still buy dyed sawdust.

Dave from Middletown.

Center building.

HO layout.

I believe this layout has been at this location since I started coming to this show in 1980!

3rd building.

N gauge.

G gauge.

HO gauge.

Old friend Gary from Lancaster, Ohio.

Kevin.

On30

First time I've seen hand made 3-rail turnouts.

Booty:

Only 2 cars.

Very nice all metal ballast car with CV trucks for 3 bucks.

Can't 'pass up' a very nicely made all wood outside brace boxcar!

Americana.

Stuff one doesn't see on the 'interstates'!

Huge ranch.

Rare to see a barn restored.

NMRA MCR DIV 7 meeting.

A good 'crowd'.

A presentation on railroads during 'wars'.

Gary's HO and N gauge layouts.

N gauge.

Ed's layout.

A long time member, Peter Weiglin, just passed away.

Also Ron Gribler:

Looks like a nice show and great layouts!

Ross club meeting:

videos:

Mark's diesels and freight cars at Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDybu54Iq44

NP A-3 4-8-4 freight drag at Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu0BHobRGo

N&W J 4-8-4 passenger train at Chumstick canyon trestle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTPhYaEKCnc

Mark's diesels, NP A-3 4-8-4 and N&W J 4-8-4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve1TdXz75R0

N&W J 4-8-4 and Mark's diesel meet at Marias Pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXxsi_rLLBg

B&O E A-B passenger train bypassing Seattle's freight yard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V32aJWcQ7ss

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PWoeugQgus

Seattle's roundhouse with NP A-3 4-8-4 on turntable.

Mark's diesels departing Seattle.

Bob's backing the NP A-3 4-8-4 to his train.

Havre.

Willmar.

Joe and Jerry.

West of Waverly.

'Switching' cars at Seattle.

Seattle's incoming track.

Skykomish.

Updating Mark's diesels using decoder pro.

Layout PM:

Had to reverse two passenger train sets via the mainline.

Videos:

N&W A 2-6-6-4 passenger train.

Started with the N&W J 4-8-4 but the 'traction tire' came off so the A was 'substituted'.

Seattle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxTy365XfyU

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dh7QKwoovs

Havre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DotKUwcJ10

B&O E A-B passenger train:

Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se58YkGme70

St. Paul:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeLIt-Xob7M

Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbtPpqhsoZU

Seattle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1nGO571GYc

GN R-2 2-8-8-2.

At the last 'session' this engine started to 'stop' several times.

Initially, that's a sign that the decoder may be 'overloading' but found that the tender is loosing conductivity.

Soldered a wire from the superstructure to the frame but nada.

Cleaned up the surfaces between the frame and trucks has removed most of the problem.

May need to add some 'lead' to the tender.

N&W J 4-8-4's 'traction' tire came off the driver plus added some 'canopy' glue to the insulated side drivers.

I fixed this turnout 2 'sessions' ago but I had to re-solder the linkage.  This 'time' I used 'water pipe' solder instead of 'electrical' solder and a larger 'glob' adhered to the linkage.

N&W A 2-6-6-4 west of Waverly.

This 'flat' fell down and blocked the train from moving which I thought, initially, that the 'drive mechanism' on the engine was loose.

The B&O diesel derailed under the steps....

This screw was between the rails and the BLI diesels have a low 'clearance' where the 'gears' are located.

B&O train at Chumstick canyon trestle.

With the latest 'updates' the dispatcher's panel seems to be more reliable and not needing to be 're-booted'.

Two passenger trains needed 'reversing'.

A nice video of a 1957 'fan trip' on the SP GS-4:

Price: a whole 10 bucks and 75 cents!  (Today $116 which I would definitely purchase!)

The old vehicles are cool and people dressed nicely 'back then'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjXG01QGo_o

1957 rail fan trip over Donner's pass with an SP AC-11 cab forward:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIYH9JIWBa4

Cab ride on the UP 'city of San Francisco' in 1939:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9fNow_7uRQ

SF valley division, late 30's - 50's.

Nice variety of motive power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRD6hct4Rgo

My version of the E-1's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW3DpGQCUwY

PA's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbDE-201mQ

Sf valley division; part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-IfHdcV_xc

PRR steam in Ohio video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1W6aM1q164

Ross Club weekly Tuesday night meetings.

SP&S Z-8 4-6-6-4  freight drag (several vintage metal/wood freight cars).

Departing Seattle's freight yard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EcrVvHhhOQ

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mveu_wk-kE

GN R-2 2-8-8-2 freight drag (all open loads):

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJL-DiIvO5c

UP 2-tone grey FEF-3 4-8-4 freight drag (many vintage metal/wood freight cars)

Has smoking whistle.

Departing Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc08PKPXSyc

Havre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6VE5dpGaNI

Seattle's freight and engine facilities.

Joe dispatching.

Paul operating the GN R-2 2-8-8-2.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

SP&S Z-8 4-6-6-4 at Hillyard.

Paul's GN R-2 at Glacier.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

Bob operating the UP 2-tone grey FEF-3 4-8-4 freight drag.

Hillyard.

UP 2-tone FEF-3 at Chumstick canyon trestle.

GN R-2 west of Waverly.

SP&S Z-8 at Willmar.

Jerry operating the SP&S Z-8 at Waverly.

GN R-2 at Waverly.

SP&S Z-8 at Hillyard.

St. Paul.

UP FEF-3 at Chumstick canyon trestle.

Hillyard.

SP&S Z-8 entering Cascade tunnel.

Marias pass.

Joe must love dispatching!  I can’t recall seeing photographs of anyone else in that position.

GNRW operating session.

Videos:

C&O H-6 2-6-6-2 #1309.  Several vintage wood and metal freight cars.

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GEzF-NA-9Y

St. Paul:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku93S2VSkfM

NYC Empire Express 4-6-4 passenger train.

Departing Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_rlNB1ZZqk

N&W Y-3 2-8-8-2 freight drag: 'Open loads' and vintage wood and metal freight cars.

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLXY3fDMyOE

Departing Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AfVizSFc0c

Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKqJubzlFdY

NP A-3 4-8-4 passenger train:

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kVIq9gWvNY

Departing Waverly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC7mytj3y_M

Departing Tumwater canyon trestle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkxpzleraXw

C&O H-8 2-6-6-6 freight drag :

Marias pass: and N&W Y-3 2-8-8-2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07l_Xu6MO4w

Waverly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEH26iKRzOA

Departing Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkOKoxvG3jk

PRR Aerotrain:

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIn9jU1tnN4

Departing Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvsHDuSzVZA

Waverly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REviqSw-qws

GN R-2 2-8-8-2 freight drag: vintage wood and metal freight cars including one of GN's unusual outside braced cabooses.

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRfdPDIwWK0

Havre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUBM6__G9mY

Seattle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CABeCBfRJNA

Paul's D&RGW K-36 on test track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR-zbtt8yiA

Usual pizza but got one 'pan' and one 'thin' due to different 'tastes'.

Bill did the Seattle 'switching' while Dave ran the C&O H-6 2-6-6-2 to his train.

Dave operating the C&O H-6 2-6-6-2 #1309 at Chumwater canyon trestle.

NYC Empire Express 4-6-4 Hudson passenger train at Hillyard.

Joe doing his 'job'.

John operating the N&W Y-3 2-8-8-2.

N&W Y-3 at Skykomish.

This MTH engine has lights over each driver as the prototype.

Willmar.

C&O H-6 at Tye.

C&O H-8 2-6-6-6.

C&O Y-3 at Waverly.

Ben operating the PRR Aerotrain.

NP A-3 4-8-4 at Waverly.

Bill handling the inbound trains at Seattle.

Dave with the NP A-3 4-8-4 at Tye.

GN R-2 2-8-8-2 at Hillyard.

Paul brought his D&RGW K-36.

Someone did a very nice 'paint job'.

Finished with chocolate ice cream bars.

Had to 'show off' my grand daughter's paintings.

Bought 2 more pictures that my 15 year old grand daughter painted.
At only 100 bucks each, I think I got the better deal!





This one I got last year that she had displayed in the Cincinnati's Art museum for very young artists.



My daughter made this one.

@samparfitt posted:

GNRW operating session.

Had to 'show off' my grand daughter's paintings.

Bought 2 more pictures that my 15 year old grand daughter painted.
At only 100 bucks each, I think I got the better deal!





This one I got last year that she had displayed in the Cincinnati's Art museum for very young artists.



My daughter made this one.

__________________

Gotta love these amazing scenes and the engines looking so good...............the paintings are indeed fantastic.

Thanks for the kind comments, Dallas and Mark.

==================

PM some freight cars that derailed in the last ops session.

A lot of accumulated 'gung' on the wheels that needed to be removed.

7 cars needed PM'ing.

Old vintage wood and metal cars.

A nice O scale layout:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erFJYrqW_tU

Ross club weekly meeting.

Videos:

UP FEF-2 4-8-4: Bob's new engine from BLI.

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wv-25Yx51M

Departing Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krw-sGvYnXs

Glacier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLFGuozBC9o

UP FEF-2 4-8-4, Burlington M-4A 2-10-4 and GN R-2 2-8-8-2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1gddpxeX14

GN R-2 2-8-8-2 freight drag (open loads):

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYx_savr6y0

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qnwcHnZALg

GN R-2 2-8-8-2, UP FEF-2 4-8-4 and Burlington M-4A 2-10-4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g9Tpx44jJI

Burlington M-4A 2-10-4 freight drag (open loads):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i85AM64IGA

Glacier to Glasgow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XY2wJG9Nqo

Mark's diesel:

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp85MkT3zuQ

PRR Aerotrain at Hillyard.

Bob brought his new UP FEF-2 4-8-4.

Freight drag at Skykomish.

Experimental '3 stack'.

Hillyard.

Paul, Bob and Gerry.

GN R-2 2-8-8-2 at Marias pass.

GN R-2 2-8-8-2 at Hillyard.

PRR Aerotrain.

Skykomish.

Waverly.

Havre.

St. Paul.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

Mark brought a diesel.

Gerry and Bob.

Mark's diesel.

Hillyard.

Burlington's M-4A 2-10-4 at Glacier.

Was going to build a 'snow shed' at this location but 'never did'!

Glasgow.

Whitefish.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

Havre.

Joe dispatching.

Skykomish.

'Switching' the yard.

Willmar.

Glacier meet.

GN R-2.

Skykomish.

Burlington M-4A.

Hillyard.

Skykomish.

Ross club's modular layout setup at a retirement home in West Chester, Ohio.

Took them about 4 hours to 'set up' Wednesday afternoon.

Show Thursday-Saturday.

A few of the members.

Paul 'working' on his module.

A very nice RR station display.

A 'two module' switching layout.

Very nice building with 'care' given to the 'details'!

A very old dresser.

You know the door is 'heavy' when it has a 'piano' hinge!

Large G scale indoor layout in West Chester, Ohio which is 2 miles from my house.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYBRQrpjLYE

I wouldn't mind getting into the modular thing. It would be cool to be able to set up in a big location elsewhere.

New deliveries.

Both engines from BLI.

============

NYC Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson 4-6-4 streamlined.

Cast metal boiler and tender.

Video: 'yard test':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl9bwkQbl3U

Accessories.

These are attached under the pistons.

BLI leaves them off as the front trucks need to move 'out' past where these 2 'skirts' are attached.

I'll have to see if my 48" minimum radius is sufficient to leave them on the engine.

Usual tender 'set up'.

Traction tires on the last set of drivers.

BLI replicated the 'creases' on the side of the engine.

Usual cab light and 'back head' detail with crew.

A 'deck plate' is present.

Another NYC engine where there were doors over the 'coal load' in the 'closed' position.

My MTH NYC Dreyfuss Hudson has 'functional' coal doors.

Top views.

Programming track.

Since the engine has no number on it I left the address as '03'.

My other NYC Hudsons:

Dreyfuss by MTH.  Cast metal boiler and tender.

Lights over each driver.

Empire Express by MTH.

Cast metal boiler and tender.

Again, lights over the drivers.

Sunset model that I need to 'finish'!

========================

PRR S-2 6-8-6 turbine by BLI.

Brass boiler and tender.

Video: 'yard test':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YN2HHjiyq0

Besides the usual 'clam shell' some soft paper plus soft plastic over the top of the engine.

Not the 'usual' tender trucks with brass contacts.

I prefer this 'normal' type of 'draw bar' that is, also, found on brass engines.

There is a choice of 3 different holes.

Marker lights are colored 'jewels'.

Nicely detailed.

I used the '3rd hole' in the 'draw bar' to get a scale distance from engine to tender.

Has a 'deck plate'.

Usual 'back head', lighting and crew.

Functional head light and marker lights.

Top views.

'Real' coal load.

Engineer's side.

Programming track.

============================

My S-2 made by Alco in 1977 that I painted, added lights and a TCS 1517 decoder.

Not as well detailed as the BLI engine.

Marker lights and 'running board' lights plus fire box glow.

NYC 4-6-4 Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson.

Testing engine on my minimum 48" curve with lower front skirting 'in place'.

The wheels are really close to the skirting on 48" radius but it did negotiate the curve.

To be 'safe':

1) I used canopy glue to secure the skirting as there are only two small round tubes that go into the 2 holes in the boiler plus they will be easy to remove with the canopy glue.

2) I filed the inside of each skirt to give the wheels some extra 'room'.

A 'rounded' file was used.

All moving surfaces, also, got lubricated.

Sam, Always making an engine better than when it was new!!  The Commodore looks great!!

Thanks, Mark.

========================

A 'very fast' decoder install and Ross club meeting.

GN O-1 2-8-2 imported by Sunset in 1978.

Acquired this engine about a year ago.

It had a Lenz LDE33 decoder.

When inputting the data into the decoder via Decoderpro the engine would do the usual 'short jerking'

indicating that the data was uploaded to the decoder but the engine would never move via the throttle.

When making the 'selection' of a Lenz decoder the LDE33 was not listed so I choose one that seemed reasonably 'close'.

The decoder was mounted in the boiler so I did the same with the replacement TCS KAM4 decoder.

Only 4 wires were needed to install the decoder.

I believe this is the only steam engine that I haven't installed sound and all the LED's.

Whoever painted this engine did an excellent job and I didn't want to 'butcher it'

so I only installed the basic 'no sound' decoder.

I didn't want to drill holes into the tender base.

Nor into the front of the tender.

Also, no lights were installed.

Video: 'yard test'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7oiSXAAsk

Front view.

Fireman's side view.

A lot of work masking and painting the glacier colors with black domes and piping, etc.

Top view.

Engineer's side view.

'Fun' putting the engine number on the number boards and, especially, the headlight!

===========================

Ross meeting was 'long' so only one train was run.

Joe brought some of his rocks that glow under a 'black light'.

========================

Jerry ran the recently acquired Milwaukee 'little joe' and 'double headed' with the Bi-polar.

Videos:  Many of the cars are vintage metal and wood freight cars released in the 50's.

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKD4h6u1qYY

Departing Havre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABH-Ei5HIYo

Willmar:  The real wood ties under the rail look nice; they have 44 years of 'age' on them!

I spiked the rail about every 3" staggering the spikes so the opposite rail has it's spikes 1.5" away from the other rail.

The 3' long pieces of rail were also 'laid' so most joints are 18" apart from each other.

I believe this 3" 'spiking' has kept the rail from getting 'out of gauge' over the last 44 years as there are few derailments on the 1500' of track with the mainline being 400' long.  The contraction and expansion of the rail can occur between every 3" (which would be 'minimal') of spiked rail so the total expansion is not at the end of the rail if every tie was 'spiked'.  This was not a 'planned' result; it was, simply, me not wanting to spike every rail!

The number 10 turnouts also 'helps'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsWLXrpdRwU

St. Paul:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1gSJpWNgSk

Departing Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KK81XnhlQw

Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSoUHaL6vfo

Entering Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bmv952QtDs

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cxQtxwowYY

Skykomish:

Approaching Hillyard.

Havre.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

Glacier.

Waverly.

Skykomish.

Seattle.

New delivery:

Saturn rocket and launch pad from Menards.

Ordered mine on April 26 when I got the 'email' and took 7 days for arrival at my local Manard's store.

They have an O gauge and an HO gauge version.

I purchased the HO version.

The 'full size' rocket is about 363' so, in reality, both of these models are way to small, but still cool.

Figuring about 8' per inch for HO, the model would be about 45" tall!

Comes in a sturdy 'mailing' box which will be saved.

Also, the rocket is contained in a sturdy plastic container.

Only instructions that I found were labels on the plastic container.

The top and bottom comes with 3 staples on each side (total 12 staples) that needed to be removed.

I used a small flat screw driver to open the 'back' of each staple and, then, partially pulled them out on the other side and then used needle nose pliers to remove all the staples.

Open just the base and not the top as one can't remove the rocket from the top of the container.

There is a plastic 'bubble' on each side of the base that holds the base 'in place': why one can't remove it from the 'top'.

A separate plug for routing the 'wires' from under the layout.

I used distilled water.

I used a small funnel to pore H2O into the small base that the rocket is sitting 'on'.

Vapor comes out of that base; camera doesn't show it 'well'.

I have no room on the main part of the layout so it is in the laundry room where my 3 track interchange/return loop is located.  I have two other Menard's buildings at that location.

This one bring back memories of when I was 'young'.

And this one because it is a very nice scale model building.

Test run a local railroader's steam engines.

He purchased them at our local Division 7's train show.

PRR K-4 ran well imported by Westside models.

PRR 4-8-2 had smoke coming from the motor at the brushes.

He'll use a can motor (left in picture) to replace the 'open frame' motor.

No box for this 2-6-6-2 but, after some research, we decided it was a Nickel Plate 2-6-6-2 engine and has one air pump on the front of the fire box.

That rocket accessory is nifty! I gotta admit, I love the stuff Menards has come out with. It doesn't fit my layout but it sure is cool!

It doesn't 'fit' my layout either; that's why it's in the staging yard.

I went to high school and college in the 60's so seeing the moon mission in 1968 was memorable.

Which state were these people born in?

1. first person to step on the moon

2. first US astronaut to circle the earth.

3. He invented the light bulb.

4. first to fly.

5. female sharp shooter.

Yeah I'm not sure a rocket launch pad next to a steel mill would look right haha so I'll have to enjoy it on other layouts. It would be cool to have been alive for the first time something like that happened.

I'll wager Ohio since I know that's the answer for some of those don't forget our countless presidents!

Some PM and Ross meeting Tuesday night meeting.

=========

PM.

PRR GG-1.

I bought 2 of these engines from Bachmann (the only 2 Bachmann engines that I possess)

as there were about 90 bucks each with DCC so a 'no brainer'. 

I use them to test the layout before any railroaders arrive as they cover the mainline very quickly.

They have never 'sounded' like electrics but would put out weird noises.

I decided to put them on the programming track and 'check them out'.

I found that they had 'steam engines' as their 'description'.

I selected Bachmann in Decoderpro but it only showed 'steam and diesels' so,

I'm guessing, that's what I selected since there were no other options.

This time, I read the decoder and it came up with 'Bachmann; GG-1' so that was selected.

NOTE: one can see the old listing of the GG-1's as 'steam' (which were deleted).

Both the green and red were 'updated'.

videos:  Sounds like an electric, now!

Yard test:

==========================================

Ross meeting:

Videos:

PRR S-2 6-8-6:

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15-XPgCR6I4

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGcNNnzaBS0

Departing Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haRpN2cnAGg

Erie Triplex 2-8-8-8-2 and PRR S-2 6-8-6:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TTVjfGwFwc

PRR Aerotrain:

Waverly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sMCDSRO9a4

Glacier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exYugI9HNOY

Erie Triplex 2-8-8-8-2.

Seattle.

PRR Aerotrain.

Waverly.

Tye.

Seattle.

The newly acquired BLI PRR S-2 6-8-6 'smokes well'!

Saturn ready for a 'moon shot'.

Some PM and Ross meeting Tuesday night meeting.

=========

PM.

PRR GG-1.

I bought 2 of these engines from Bachmann (the only 2 Bachmann engines that I possess)

as there were about 90 bucks each with DCC so a 'no brainer'.

I use them to test the layout before any railroaders arrive as they cover the mainline very quickly.

They have never 'sounded' like electrics but would put out weird noises.

I decided to put them on the programming track and 'check them out'.

I found that they had 'steam engines' as their 'description'.

I selected Bachmann in Decoderpro but it only showed 'steam and diesels' so,

I'm guessing, that's what I selected since there were no other options.

This time, I read the decoder and it came up with 'Bachmann; GG-1' so that was selected.

NOTE: one can see the old listing of the GG-1's as 'steam' (which were deleted).

Both the green and red were 'updated'.

videos:  Sounds like an electric, now!

Yard test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaGkifZ17Hk

==========================================

Ross meeting:

Videos:

PRR S-2 6-8-6: First 'road test' of the BLI engine.

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15-XPgCR6I4

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGcNNnzaBS0

Departing Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haRpN2cnAGg

Erie Triplex 2-8-8-8-2 and PRR S-2 6-8-6:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TTVjfGwFwc

PRR Aerotrain:

Waverly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sMCDSRO9a4

Glacier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exYugI9HNOY

Erie Triplex 2-8-8-8-2.

Seattle.

PRR Aerotrain.

Waverly.

Tye.

Seattle.

The newly acquired BLI PRR S-2 6-8-6 'smokes well'!

Saturn ready for a 'moon shot'.

That’s great you got the GG1s sounding correctly!!

SF #2926 4-8-4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM9kUsvKNbQ

My 'version': #2919

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEO9WtRLxfA

Hulett unloaders history:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2B-V2n4b34

@samparfitt posted:

Hulett unloaders history:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2B-V2n4b34

Now if I had a nice pond on my layout I think a Hulett would be a totally unique item to scratchbuild for it.

Nice history on it sir.

Walthers made an HO version of the Hulett:

https://www.trains.com/mrr/new...ale-hulett-unloader/

==========================

GNRW ops.

videos:

N&W  J 4-8-4 passenger train:

Chumstick canyon trestle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJwlzSwMqyI

NYC 4-6-4 Commodore Vanderbilt passenger train:

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhCrPZrJhhM

Marias Pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEJmR2bcZm0

North Shore Electroliner:

Marias Pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6WUTahgDjM

Departing Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohJltScTQFo

NYC 4-6-4 Commodore Vanderbilt passenger train:

Havre.

Tumwater canyon trestle.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

North Shore Electroliner.

Skykomish.

NMRA MCR DIV 7 meeting.

Awards:

Dan Mack's presentation on 'fire engines and fire stations' and modeling.

Visit to the late Perry Simson's L&N layout who passed away recently.

This is a picture of Perry from 2019.

Perry certainly has a very nice looking layout!