MTH Premier UP Challenger (4-6-6-4) O-Gauge Steam Locomotive in True HD 1080p

Here's a train that I don't think I've ever shown in a video -- I call this my "pipeline on rails". Before I collected AtlasO reefers, I collected MTH Premier tank cars. Here are fifty of them (I have lots more that just won't fit on the track), being hauled by the MTH Premier UP Challenger (4-6-6-4) articulated steam locomotive that came out in 2002. Although these fifty cars are a heavy load, they are (pardon the pun) no challenge to the Challenger. :) It's a great model that looks good, sounds good, and runs very well. That's the auxiliary tender behind the main tender. Please visit my web site -- http://www.toytrains1.com -- for lots more videos and photos of both real and model trains.

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[toytrains1]

@dogrichmancat The Challenger is 4-6-6-4, the Big Boy is 4-8-8-4.

@Bassfanatic94 It has one smoke unit whose output is split between the two stacks.

[toytrains1]

LOL I reset the locomotives before I shoot them. Way back when this came out, the default was 2 chuffs per revolution and I forgot to set it to 4 before shooting. Good catch! :)

[shnimmuc]

In my opinion the steam sounds of MTH are better than Lionel.

[deloreanman14]

Man it came REALLY close to tagging that signal pole!

[dogrichmancat]

Whats the difference between the Challenger and the bigboy?

[Bassfanatic94]

Does this model have two smoke units?

[PereMarquette1223]

It doesn't sound like your challenger has 4 chuffs per revolution. Is this true?