Greetings lads, it's been awhile...
Most of my collection was sold, but my neighbor talked into keeping a few... he thought I'd regret getting rid of everything. So I kept eleven locomotives, but ended up throwing one in the garbage, due to a jammed truck.
It was sort-of hard to pick what got sold, because they were all chosen, at an earlier point in time.
Some of my best went, because I thought they would be easier to sell.
Ended up accidentally breaking my TIU, and threw it in the garbage; found out later, it might have just needed a fuse replaced. Doing the conventional thing, until the new DCS replacement arrives.
One of my favorite O gauge units, years ago, was a MTH Premier SD70ACe, wearing one of the GM DEMO(all white face) liveries. So, when I went looking for a TIU replacement, I end up in a, mostly, HO shop; and, while I was looking around, checking out the shop's MTH equipment, I see GM73; fully loaded(DCS and DCC).
I started to get the shakes, beads of sweat stung my eyes... I had to get it; and, I did!
So, even though the pilot area is blue, and not white, like GM70(this HO unit is GM73); and I just recently unloaded most of my collection; and I thought I was done(except for the few I kept); now, I've got "ONE" HO engine... no rolling stock or track... just 73!
Yes, the new DCS system(I ordered the complete system) should be able to run my remaining O, and the HO 73.
At first, I was just thinking about looking at 73, on a shelf or something...BUT, I might have to get me a Kato 8'x5' oval package(you know, just in case); maybe, a few cars, too...
Rick
