My Hudson Upgraded By Harmon Shops

Who say's 4% grades are too steep!

Looks and sound awesome Mark. Enjoy!

Bob

Definitely a real runner. Looks great!

And once again, after visiting the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, I can't get over how to captured the essence of railroading in that corner of the country. Nailed it!

Wow, that's an awesome-looking and performing Hudson! Great job, Pat, and really neat layout you've got going, Mark.

FWIW: I had a 4% grade up and down on my previous layout, and much of that grade was on curving tracks, and many engines with traction tires had a challenge pulling 9-10 cars.

WOW! Very nice Mark! Great looking engine and layout!

Mike

Hat's off to Pat!  He's the one that did it all.  Disclaimer: I have the smoke turned off because I don't run smoke in the house.

Really nice Mark. ...but am curious, when then do you run with the smoke on?   :-)

Pat did an excellent job as usual Mark. I like the sound of it working the upward grade.

Gene

Thank you, Bob, Bill, Paul, Mike, Sam, Gene!

Bill, I feel like I am just way too confined in this space to do anything nearly what I would like to make the layout seem like West Virginia.  Your comment encouraged me!

Paul, you are right, I need at least two engines or two two-engine diesels to pull more cars that the 9 or 10 you mentioned.

Sam, good question.  Normally I only run smoke just long enough to make sure it is working after buying an engine or before selling one.  I have setup an oval of track on the patio and run smoke.  However, I haven’t bothered since my layout was completed enough to get a nice run inside.

Gene, the sound is good going up the grade.  None of my other engines quite do that.

Mark great looking steamer, and you have a nice looking layout also! Mark

Mark those 4% grades are nothing for that engine now! Looking good and looks like pat did a great job. He's the best! Great video shoot too, especially like the Atlas bridge in the foreground. Awesome.

Rod

@Mark Boyce posted:

Here is a video of the Hudson pulling a train of 27 cars up and down my 4+% grades.  Yes indeed, it is a stump puller as Pat says.  I'm amazed that one motor can pull all of this.  The upgrade is at about 1:20 into the video.  Hat's off to Pat!  He's the one that did it all.  Disclaimer: I have the smoke turned off because I don't run smoke in the house.

It depends on the motor.   I suspect pat gave it the nice fat Pittman, that will give it the power to twist gears off their axles.

@Mark Boyce now that is a great Hudson. It sounds like it had a couple of cut outs or maybe a slip? Regardless Mark, that Hudson needs to be in passenger revenue service. I understand the issue with the switch, get the section gang on that priority one! @harmonyards, seeing this beastly beauty run those evil dirty hoppers up and down the hill is something else. Imagine how satisfied the paying passengers will be on the gentleman of OGR's layout?

@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

@Mark Boyce now that is a great Hudson. It sounds like it had a couple of cut outs or maybe a slip? Regardless Mark, that Hudson needs to be in passenger revenue service. I understand the issue with the switch, get the section gang on that priority one! @harmonyards, seeing this beastly beauty run those evil dirty hoppers up and down the hill is something else. Imagine how satisfied the paying passengers will be on the gentleman of OGR's layout?

I heard the sound drop outs too, …..I don’t like that either, …..when I test ran the engine on my layout for hours on end, I never once experienced a drop out, or I would’ve never sent it out ….that’s one thing that drives me nutz!…….it ran amazing on my layout,…..here’s a video of how Mark’s smokes, ….it has a wee bitty leak, but the effect is so cool, Mark & I both agreed to leave it, as it’s actually an added feature,…when Mark gets his track work fixed ( I believe he’s got a misbehaving switch or something ) and he runs that locomotive some more, if he’s still got drop outs, I fix it, plain & simple,…..you guys wait long enough for this stuff, so I’ll deliver perfection….

Pat

@Mark Boyce posted:

Pat showed my K-Line Hudson among many others on this thread Hudsons Galore...Tales From Harmon Shops  I received it the middle of last week.  Pat did a great job, including repainting to cover the light weathering the first owner had applied.  You can check the link above to see what he had to say about it, so I will just say it looks, runs, sounds, smokes great.  I tried running it pulling a nice set of Lionel Pulmans I received from forum member @chris a but had trouble with a switch that kept derailing the observation car.  They ran great after I installed LED lighting, so I think the problem is the switch.  I parked them on the back of the upper loop to show them off.

Here is a video of the Hudson pulling a train of 27 cars up and down my 4+% grades.  Yes indeed, it is a stump puller as Pat says.  I'm amazed that one motor can pull all of this.  The upgrade is at about 1:20 into the video.  Hat's off to Pat!  He's the one that did it all.  Disclaimer: I have the smoke turned off because I don't run smoke in the house.

Amazing all the way around…..layout……..engine………upgrade.

another reminder on why K-Line is missed!

  Beautiful✌️