Model Railroad SP in the Cascades - Broadway Limited (BLI) AC-4s and 60 cars

Two new Broadway Limited Imports AC-4s take 60 cars up a 2.5% grade. These locomotives have Paragon 2 sound decoders. Each locomotive has four traction tires, accounting for their pulling ability.

There is a short writeup about the minor repairs required to the drive systems to make these locomotive operable on the layout website at http://steinborn.org/billr/

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[tmotorman]

Doesn't get any better than that!

Love that scenery and mountain grades!

Congratulations once again Bill!

BTW-Do you switch eras occasionally and run any tunnelmotors?

[billr991]

@tmotorman Thank you for the generous complements. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I don't have any tunnel motors. Though if someone brought some over for a visit I wouldn't be adverse to running them. A long train with about four in the front and four in the middle would make a very cool video.

[k2kkoos]

Look great Bill!



[prognosis2001]

That's supposed to be love the wide shots! Again great video!

[prognosis2001]

Bill looks like you took a small part of my advise. Look the wide shots see the train work throughout your fantastic layout. Can I say envy? Lol. Keep those shots coming bud!

[tmotorman]

Have to split my comments in 2 or 3 to fit it all. (hate that aspect)

My favorites are the "snoot-nose" T-Motors, and the GP40X's look pretty sharp too. Especially in new paint. They were at home in the Cascades for sure. Well...if I ever get out west to your neighbourhood, I'll remember to bring a handfull of T-Motors to run on those mountain grades. Would look great I'm sure, and yes a great video also. Would be a great scene on your layout.

[tmotorman]

Happy New Years Day buddy! The "T-Motors" are my all time favorites I guess. First time I visited Northern California that's mostly what there was. I was amazed at the show of power and the multitude of lash-ups they used on all trains heading for the mountains. I do have a handful of cab forwards though, (from rivarossi) Then on a different trip I witnessed the "Tank Train" several times on Tehachapi. That was prob. the most entertaining freight train to ever watch trackside (in my opinion)

[dep92]

AWESOME!!!

[Thunderheadpros]

Great video Bill....

Looks like you've made a lot of progress on the layout since I was there last. I would love to come see it again whenever I'm back in Fort Collins.

Nico