I did some work on these beasts over the past week. I mounted up some Kadees and reworked the controls. These were originally PS1 when I got them back in 2006-7 and were soon converted to EOB with components to control the smoke units along with the lighting and coupler in the rear A unit. I changed out the EOB for ERR cruise and added sound to the rear A as part of my unboxing efforts for this layout. I swapped out the cab crew with some Scenic Express figures.
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Here's a few clips I strung together:
Just splendid work!
Really nice upgrading. Liked them when you first converted them. And, I still do. 
Fred
Great weathering on those beasts!
Thanks guys! I am now running out of track to run all this stuff!
Which soundset did you use from ERR?
Beautiful. In the video, even the smoke looks unusually realistic. It's great to see trains "stretching their legs" - running realistically at speed.
Thanks again guys. Notice how I didn't show them unhinging themselves in the curves? Even on O90 and O99 I have to avert the gaze a bit. 
Sinclair, I am using Lionel C420 sounds in the front (mounted to the old style ERR RS Commander board) and Alco PA sounds in the rear. This is what I had on hand after the EOB swap-out. There was nothing really wrong with the EOB other than the motor switching noise. I will probably use it in something else. These are run as a TMCC lashup (rear A has TAS board for B units).
I am now researching how to build a proper signal bridge for the x-overs at GB tower since these engines like to give the WB ground signal a little slap as they go through. Anyone know how to place a signal bridge over a set of x-overs? I always wondered how they were set up so that an engineer doesn't foul points in the event of having to stop for a bridge signal.
I have a pair of those converted to TMCC, they are a real beast when they come by with four smoke units blasting. 
How did you set yours up? TAS supplied a triac for each unit to light them off at the same time.
Norm that is the best weathering job EVER! Fantastic work as always,
John P
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