Hours & Miles

My longest run ning Railking Y6B with about 800 hours on it - about six or seven years old.  For several years it was a permanent fixture on the layout and ran nearly every day.  I still love it but run other things now.  Nothing but traction tires had to be serviced, so far. 

Many of my engines are in the 1000+ mile range. Only 3 engines, all purchased in the past 6 months, have less than 500 miles but approaching the 500 mark quickly. 

A birthday gift in 2004, one that, in addition to a Lionel RTR set, got me back into O gauge, an MTH B&O F3 Freight set has close to, if not already exceeded 4K scale miles. This engine is often looked down upon due to its extremely squat appearance - it is only about 11 & 1/2 inches long - but this little sucker has the full PS2 package and all of those miles are trouble free. Only things needed replacement are the battery, traction tires, and one pickup roller. An excellent little engine. 

To add to it, all of my engines are really trouble free. An MTH Railking Scale AS-616 has always been a bit "fragile" to say the least but after some going through, it has been running reliably for sometime and I believe its issues are behind it. I do have an MTH Railking Scale F3 ABA set that shuts itself down at higher speeds. At lower speeds it is fine other than being a light puller. I don't run over 15 SMPH at home and rarely exceed 40 on modular club displays. Occasionally at shows it will shut down. While I have not confirmed it, I believe it is being caused by the tether falling out.  Another weird one is my Railking Imperial K4 which, when the whistle and bell are being used simultaneously, will slow down significantly when running under DCS control and full 18 volts. Something understandable when running in conventional but not in command. 

I don't have any idea as to what the hours are although they are significantly higher than mileage due to lots of sitting on powered tracks. 

Clem,

That has to be a record. MTH should give you an award for that!  Joe

Can you imagine how fast I have to go to do that in 119 hrs ?? Especially since most those hours are sitting inactive , on powered track. 

2045552.3 Miles divided by 119.72 hours = 17086.14 Mph - good job!

And can you imagine how many times around the layout?  Those must be pretty wide radius curves (and must be superelevated) to keep that thing on the track! 

Hey Eric if your going to be in Blissfield for the festival this weekend stop by to take a tour of my basement railroad.

Clem k

Thanks, Clem.  I'll contact you offline.  I don't live too far away.

That thing must have taken off and gone into orbit.  That's the speed of the space shuttle.

You should see how many Z4000's I have to make that happen