PRRNORTHEASTCORRIDOR 6.0 Acela Silverliners GG-1s metroliners Aem7s and E33s

[janisjade1]

I feel like I'm in Philly, watching all of this. Outstanding work!

[acela2168]

Does that acela have sound?

[egbcrushers]

Love your videos and that catenary iz phat. Jus read that you are going to replace the roof humps on the metroliners. How do you plan to do this and were are you getting the humps. I have 8 metroliners and would like to upgrade them. Thanks

[nyshortline]

WOW!! That was really really amazing. First time I got a good look at your Metroliners. I'm hoping IHP Hobbies comes out with a Budd Silverliner. They'll go great with my Reds, Blues, and Bullets. Also can you get inside-frame powered trucks for the Silverliners?

[ac0catenary]

@nyshortline Thanks.. Those metros are about to get rehabed with new correct roofhumps and pantographs all with new amtrak cartoon fronts and phase 2 stripping. With two powercars its still the fastest train on the layout. IHP is supposed to come out with silverliner IIs.. They have already done SLV III,IV and coming V

[kingbonk]

Awesome work, keep movies coming! Looks just like the real thing.

[cab4]

Awesome video. One day, i'll catch up with your catenary!

[kmpboston]

Stunning. Thank you.

[EMDSD14R]

wow this is awsome u got the silver IV running..are u useing a NWSL drive thts wired to the pantograph?...and are the pantographs you use on the silverliners the same as on the metro liners?..if so...who makes em and were can i get some?..Great Job keep up the aswome work!!!

[ac0catenary]

@EMDSD14R Both Silverliner IV units and SIlverliner III have the LifeLike RDC chassis with Modifications and wired for dcc pantograph operations. I use Somerfedt french Faivley Pantographs which are available on the European Lokshop website. I found it easier and cheaper to go with a 25 dollar chassis out the box made to move and precise rather than deal with a NWSL drive or other drive that I would have to attach to a less than perfect IHP Chassis that doesnt have enough weight or warped.

[cab4]

@ac0catenary THe warped frames are as problem. In fact, i think my shells are a little wapred themsevles. However, i'm a persistent guy, and i've basically drilled and tapped screw locations through out the frame, that will, hopefully, hold the frame and shell fairly straight, like braces. Weight is no problem though, you can just put a sticky weight in . I have thin lead sheet that works well for this situation. Besides, RDCs don't look right, and don't allow for a detailed interior.

[ac0catenary]

@cab4 That is why i decided to replace the whole under body with the steel RDC chassis then I will cut the details off the RDC chassis and replace them with the correct details. Why go through the aggrevation when u cant see the interior of a silverliner anyway from the outside. thats just my take. I like Mike's models especially his trolley shells But sometimes you gotta bite the bullet and go for performance over realism. Just my opinion I want It to run Not just sit pretty.

[ac0catenary]

@EMDSD14R Thanks for your comments it took allot of work to get the silverliners running

[cab4]

@EMDSD14R

I have one of the new NWSL drives, its perfect for this. If you have a Silverliner III, it will fit right into the pre-cut hole for it in the IHP frame. It could probably be adapted to fit a Silverliner IV (if you can afford one now that no more express kits are made). I've tested the Stanton drive out, and its up to snuff! I'm going to finish installing it in my Silverliner III and hopefully upload a video in.

[EMDSD14R]

@cab4 yeah of course i can afford it..i am getting atleast 4 of those drives for a custom locomotive project.i use to have a silverliner three when they first came out.i was saving it until i got older/more experiance with model building but when i took it out of the box the room temperature heat got trapped in the box and warped the model..so i never brought another one since..but i might get one or two of the silverliner 3's since my line is based on prr..send me a vid of it when u finish it

[ac0catenary]

@cab4 Yeah the shells are warped and even some of the frames and trucks and because of these defects the unpowered cars were derailing at double slip switches and curves switches it was driving me crazy because I thought it was my track work. The main problem was the flanges on the wheels of the silverliner III are too small. any speed over 40 over a switch and it derails.. I could load the cars up with weight but why ?? when it would be easier to replace the whole truck and wheels.

[Wehategod]

Firggin Nice man!!!!

[romanstransitpage]

wow thats amazing!

[stevefromPA2]

Damn...4 silverliners, acela,hhp sittin..e44s i thought, ggi s a dinky silver 3 Bala/Cynwood, Metroliner...thats the whole kitchen sink thrown in the mix...

[EMDSD14R]

@stevefromPA2 those two conrail units are e 33's the less powerful version of the e 44...they were used to haul coal by the virginia railroad then when they stopped electric operations they were brought by other eastern roads...NH, Conrail, PC..the E44 is the higher hp version and they were designed to run at 90mph just incase they needed to pull passenger trains which they did sometimes....they were used to pull the metroliner cars through the snow during the winter months along with GG1's