Under The Hood: "Sounds Of Steam" SP 4449 Daylight

Wow. That's one I always wanted. The cylinder steam update made me drool.

Even dead they are a nice shelf queen. 

Mitch, nice work there! Paul sure show what great people there are on this forum! There are so many really to many to mention, but what a great group of people!

Now what diabolical plan awaits that daylight northern?

coach joe posted:

Now what diabolical plan awaits that daylight northern?

Joe, Joe, Joe...

You REALLY should know better by now.  

As a side note, after marinating overnight,  the smoke unit seems to be working fine:

Norma, like a lot of the Lionel community,  is less than enchanted by "The Sound Of Steam"...

Mitch 

Seriously, though,  the 4449 is much too nice to abuse.  Since I'm still severely impoverished,  a set of Daylight cars aren't in the picture;  however, I may get some orange paint, mask off and spray the window areas of my red-painted Razorback passenger consist to make for an unreasonable facsimile thereof...

Mitch 

Mitch, That certainly is a nice care package!!  You did a great job showing us the easy tune up procedures to get that Daylight operating well again!  Of couse you couldn't have done it with out Fortesque's supervision!!!  

Paul, you couldn't have sent those to a better person who will make great use of them!!  

You are a braver man than I, Gunga Din... I would never open up an engine, much less take one apart - with my luck and advanced level of techno-peasantry, I would end up with a bunch of extra pieces when I got things back together. And I am not sure what I would have done if I found that electronic hair ball in the tender!!!

Happy to see it running again, even if the MIGHTY sound of steam leaves something to be desired. Though maybe you should put one of those boards in the Geep... keep Norma BK off the tracks (that, or sharpen the couplers).

As for the smoke, I am not a smoker, so other than a possible test run, the Daylight never smoked. The last time I used smoke regularly was in my first postwar 2-6-4 steamer, and that used the good old smell-less pellets (I still have some in their original bottle).

And remember... you PROMISED no defilement of the Daylight - I’m holding you to that.

P.S. Looks like you have put a good bit of work into the engines already... so do I qualify for a civic award from your local municipality for keeping you and the menagerie off the streets???   

Enjoy!!!

Apples55 posted:

You are a braver man than I, Gunga Din... I would never open up an engine, much less take one apart - with my luck and advanced level of techno-peasantry, I would end up with a bunch of extra pieces when I got things back together. And I am not sure what I would have done if I found that electronic hair ball in the tender!!!

When in doubt, punt. 

 

Happy to see it running again, even if the MIGHTY sound of steam leaves something to be desired. Though maybe you should put one of those boards in the Geep... keep Norma BK off the tracks (that, or sharpen the couplers).

As for the smoke, I am not a smoker, so other than a possible test run, the Daylight never smoked. The last time I used smoke regularly was in my first postwar 2-6-4 steamer, and that used the good old smell-less pellets (I still have some in their original bottle).

And remember... you PROMISED no defilement of the Daylight - I’m holding you to that.

P.S. Looks like you have put a good bit of work into the engines already... so do I qualify for a civic award from your local municipality for keeping you and the menagerie off the streets??? 

I'm sure the city fathers will vote you a certificate of appreciation...    

Mitch 

Update:  Since I have now found myself, if not wealthy, at least in possession of a penny or two to rub together, I've fulfilled one of my promises to myself.  After some very careful shopping on eBay,  I've managed to put together an eight-car Daylight consist of RailKing streamlined cars (baggage, 3 coaches, diner, Vista Dome, Pullman and observation) to delight the kids at the J Reilly McCarren Transportation Museum!   This consist will go into action there next year, after I update the layout there a bit...  

Mitch 

Nice!  The kids at the museum are gonna love it.

Those cars look like a pretty good match for the engine - good catch   

It still amazes me that Mighty SOS was a quantum leap over the PW steamers!!! Have to agree with Joe - the kids are going to love it. I hope the museum layout is a bit bigger than your setup... that is one long train.

That’s a real nice Daylight train you have there!

Apples55 posted:

Those cars look like a pretty good match for the engine - good catch   

It still amazes me that Mighty SOS was a quantum leap over the PW steamers!!! Have to agree with Joe - the kids are going to love it. I hope the museum layout is a bit bigger than your setup... that is one long train.

The museum layout is about 12' x 4, so, yes, it is considerably longer.  And thanks!    Couldn't have done it without you! 

Mitch 

Mitch- that is a great looking train. Yea- a bigger layout is in order, some serious tail chasing going on there.

Paul @Apples55 is one awesome forum mate .

Bob