Test Track: Amtrak "Freight" (2 of 2)

Continuation of the test run with my "Three Rivers". I'm surprised I collected almost ten minutes of footage on this run, as the loco's smoke unit did a good job of fogging up the room to the point I was fanning smoke out of my face to operate the camera :)

I'm going to assume that this particular locomotive is *not* Tier II compliant :)

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[techphy100]

the Acela Mail Handling cars in the new paint sceme, do they make those in HO?

[RailRide]

I imagine they do--they came out in HO first. I Googled the search term "material handling car" "phase 5" HO (including the quote marks) and came up with about 45 matches. I didn't look through them, but I'd suspect your best bet would to start with Walthers.

[MarkConductor775]

how good's the horn looping on your P42? I'm considering buying PS2 for one of my HO scale P40's.

[RailRide]

I haven't really tried blowing any long blasts that would reveal any issues with the recording on this one.

I should point out that this particular unit is a Proto-1 loco. The dummy unit is from later production, but the powered one is first-gen.

Also keep in mind that Protosound 2 requires the use of a tach reader on the motor. I don't know how MTH achieves this on their HO engines as of yet, but on O Gauge locos it's a striped tape wrapped around the motor flywheel.

[GavinSimmons]

are those bowser roadrailers or kline?

Is that really how long three rivers is? Wow

[RailRide]

They are Bowser roadrailers (now made by Weaver). The K-Line ones (I have some) are actually "RailMate" trailers. They're a little-known knockoff of the Roadrailer that uses single-axle trucks between the trailers.

The Three Rivers, as far as I know, may well be even longer than what I did, but I only had four MTH Amfleets in Phase III stripes (the rest are Northeast Direct), and I was pushing the limits of what the test track can handle.

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[goodeye03]

Great camera angles, love the sound and smoke..

[freakintransfan01]

Nice piggybacks, and love the horn.

[techphy100]

thanks, i have the HO MHC Acela Phase in solid silver with Acela logo, but i was wondering about the ones you have with the blue/silver paint scheme. thanks anyway.

[torontostreetcars]

I liked the real looking "exhaust" coming out of the one locomotive. Nice video!!1