Sante Fe FA A-B-B-A Nicholas Smith Exclusive Set

Looks awesome, Sean. Great review and enjoy. 

SandJam posted:

Video of my new Sante Fe  Nicholas Smith A-B-B-A Set.  Cool Set. 

Yup, agreed!  

Great review Sean! And Great Layout! I can't get enough of watching them run, this has always been my all time fantasy diesel scheme: the Santa Fe Warbonnet scheme on an FA2!   I also have the Williams set from about 12 years ago (FA1s).

You might notice, especially if you do night running, that each of these four units have a backup headlight (in addition to the vestibule lights), and if you give the entire lashup ONE ID number ALL the individual backup headlights do come on when that unit is running in reverse (in the lashup). There are no isolation electrical switches to turn this function off like there are for the automatic couplers. That is why I give each of the 4 individual diesel units its own ID number, and when creating a "train" out of all four, only the actual REAR of the four units LASHUP has an operating backup headlight. At 16:47 with #23 going forward #87's backup headlight is on when it really shouldn't, and at 19:20 with the lashup running the other direction with #87 in the lead, you can see 3 backup headlights on, on the two B units and #23.

Again, Great Layout and Video!

Rick, Downers Grove, Illinois

Awesome.  Great video!  Love that super-bass.

Jerry

These came out much better than the PA's as it doesn't appear the side number board is surrounded by white plastic like they did on those A units. 

Don't know why Lionel used the EMD style Warbonnet on both ALCO units, but at least the colors seem OK!  

Another interesting feature is the lights in the vestibules.

Great set and video - gotta love those Warbonnets - do you have a passenger set to go with it ?

Richie C. posted:

Great set and video - gotta love those Warbonnets - do you have a passenger set to go with it ?

Not yet, I missed the MTH ones released earlier this year.  Lionel and MTH both have some coming in 2020, so will need to track some down.