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Ok now that's just cool.

Alright!   This one arrived the other day from the USA, the day I burried my father, made me feel a little better.     Stephen from down under    (cTr...Choose the Right)

Stephen, God Bless you! That was the toughest day of my life followed after (2yrs) by my mother. We all must face it.

 It's great to have a rewarding hobby to enjoy.

I almost went to Australia with INXS. At the last couple of US shows they told us they couldn't take us with them. I have met many good people from there and think I would have enjoyed it. Joe

just found a couple cool pics of the real one

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=251047&nseq=1

Stephen,

It's been 2 1/2 years since I lost my best friend (my dad) it feels like 2 and half lifetimes ago since I last seen him. I feel your hurt & pain, it will get easier with time but the miss will always be there. Just keep in mind although they have moved on to bigger and better things, they are never too far away and closer to us then what we think.

God Bless & my condolences to you and the family.

Mike

You know if you don't pet them and feed them they won't follow you home.... "Who's a good boy? Who's a cute modern diesel loco looking for a home.?" We do treat them like pets at times don't we/

Talking to my trains for 4 decades.

Sorry for your losses. One of the last things my father told me was he wished he was well enough and would live long enough to see my traincollection and see the layout finished.

Thanks for the kind thoughts every one!  I always thought I handled death pretty good, but when Its your Dad its different,my dad was a good man and thats something to be grateful for, he was a good example of all that was good! Im grateful for that.

stephen from down under    (cTr...Choose the Right)

Mike    As I remember some ex BNSF loco's found there way here to Australia to haul iron ore bound for China, Hamersly Iron, BHP Bulliton etc        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahct5yzUtdE

Joe, Did you call the police that you have a stalker?   I thought I saw where this unit was one of the newer releases from MTH and includes PS 3.0?

 

Originally Posted by Enginear-Joe:

This followed me home from Jason's train shop.

What'd you get???

 

Yeap, It's got PS3. I'll have to check it out! I forgot that it did. It is my first. When I was looking at the owner brochure, it had some changes that tipped me off. Keep the track and wheels clean! CV programming?? Let's see how she gets along with old ones. Matt says she will. Good Doggies! May have to change the road # for my Clinton project.

 Mike P's problem is discussed in the manual as the unit will sit in neutral in conventional at first power on. I forgot to see how or if he got a solution?

 I'm excited to see the lack of a battery. Several people state the battery doesn't matter however several of my engines performance seems battery charge related? I may wish to upgrade the fleet.

 Stephen, That engine is more striking than mine!

Joe   Im a succer for paint jobs, the brighter the better.

I wonder If MTH will ever do some Aussie paint scheme's Rio Tinto,BHP Billiton,Hamersley Iron etc

Stephen from down under     (cTr...Choose the Right)

Hows this one?

Guys,

Nice shots. The only thing I've brought home lately are couplers, wheels track and some rivets.

Stephen,

I can't imagine the sadness for your loss. Hopefully the hobby can serve to ease your mind at this time.

new couplers look good to me!

my CSX family portrait!

Hey Joe, 

Where did you get the lights in the the yard? looks great!

Regards, 

Frank

 Thanks Frank, I posted them a while ago in the electrical forum. They are LEDs made with Legos!

Wow finding this was painfull! Lights:

https://ogrforum.com/d...271#2415514336630271

 Yeap, got a C&O and a Chessie in there!!!  The Allegheny is on it's dedicated siding. It was supposed to be a "runaround track".

 I grabbed the BN caboose at Aurora hobbies because it matched the presidential paint scheme to me. Nobody tell me different, please.

Ok nice....I like the cab.  The paint is very cool.  I really like that entire facility there.

This one showed up at my office Monday. Yes, it has scale wheels. I put the rollers on it and did a test run. It WILL negotiate a 36" radius (O-72 in three-rail speak) curve. I'll post a review on the 3-rail side of the house. I'm going to take this one and a couple of other Proto-3 engines to a friend's 2-rail layout to see how they behave under DCC control.

Matt-

With some surgery and a new paint job your new loco could be turned into a creditable representation of an N&W "J"

Joe   Love your yard looks fantastic!!!    Matt    Look forward to your words on the three rail side.      Heres another that arrived just before the BNSF she's PS3

Stephen from down under     (cTr...   Choose the Right)

That hurt, Rex. Of course, Williams painted a J to look like a Blue Goose.

painted a J to look like a Blue Goose.

Now that hurts...

Williams painted a J to look like a Blue Goose.

To Williams' everlasting shame.

Except

It made a better looking loco.

Rex/Chris:

I can only think of a couple of worse decorating atrocities, but to mention such road names would violate my oath as the self-appointed Information Minister of the Isle of Denial. Let's just say they represent two acts of merger aggression that will live in infamy.

LOL...I hear ya....

I can only think of a couple of worse decorating atrocities, but to mention such road names would violate my oath as the self-appointed Information Minister of the Isle of Denial. Let's just say they represent two acts of merger aggression that will live in infamy.

Here's an idea-a Blue Goose painted in the infamous pumpkin scheme of BNSF-sort of heritage in reverse.

It's sad that I'm playing with the camera more than the trains!

 Stephen, I'm looking forward to see how you get the electro couplers to trigger the KDs. I wanted to get a SD45 and try that very thing. I looked at the couplers and gave up. Scale engines keep popping up on sale and curve my choices. I may just add track magnets for the KDs like my old HO layout. Now that's a shame!

sweet facilities!BTW my CNW also had the wrong yellow snow plough, should be green!

 Thanks Mike. Someone told me that before. I forgot about it. It was sandwiched in a consist so long that I didn't even see it! Another bottle of paint will be needed.

Mike.      I  would say some one would have ordered the SD 50 with fixed pilots and two rail wheels. (PS3) but I just bought the two rail wheels and replaced the three rail set. Its now awaiting the pilots to be fixed.

 Joe   Some one has already figured the kadee solution but with TMCC ,I cant remember who to give credit for this, I have pics  Ill post later could be an interesting project. But mean while there's nothing wrong with holding your DCS remote and cutting manually. I love that you can just walk along with that train with DCS (All for $300 dollars) 

Stephen from down under.     (cTr.   Choose the Right)

I'm in the same boat. I've bought two scale-wheeled engines I hadn't planned on buying. As for the CNW SD70ACe, MTH had the wrong color on the plow. Fortunately for me, I have several CNW locomotives with the correct green plows so I just swapped mine. I'm trying to track down a 2-rail CNW SD70ACe (got a couple of leads) and deciding what to do with my 3-rail unit.

Thanks guys! You have me traveling down an expensive road, even potentially replacing favorite locomotives. Next thing you know I'll have a secret stash of Atlas 2-rail track hidden in the closet.

Just converted to two rail! What a difference those scale wheels make!

 I just left this club's meet:

https://ogrforum.com/d...ent/8187868178561494

Makes me want another gauge. It is two rail, Joe

Will.  Glad to see you got the swoops you needed, those two rail wheels do make a differance!!

Joe.  You have to watch those distractions, but they are so tempting!!

Stephen from down under.     (cTr.....Choose the Right)