Afternoon "T"

Looks good Jim.  Hope your layout is back in action soon.

Very nice Jim. Good luck. I am sure it will be the center piece of your next article.

Hi Jim,

Love the title of your post. The engine looks great, lots of nice detail.

Hope you're up and running soon

Thanks,

Alex

Jim

  They run and sound great. I posted a small review earlier.

Bill

That is a beauty.  Best wishes on the furnace project.

My oh my....isn't she a thing of beauty!!?  Jim....I think the new locomotive fits your layout to a "T"!!!

Alan

Looking good. Typical siblings -- always wanting to get into the picture.

One nice T!! I like it.....

Beautiful engine Jim. Your photos really show it off very well.

Looks real nice. Enjoy

Simply gorgeous!

Here is a photo of a NYC S Motor #3405 at High Bridge - Bronx from 1906.  I am currently working on the High Bridge (a National Landmark Bridge currently undergoing restoration).

how many pickup rollers on that puppy?

Forrest,

4!!!! One single roller on each truck - I was impressed! You can't do any better than that.

Jim

Bet you are happy with that one.

 3RD RAIL just keeps getting better & better. 

Where all were the P and T motors used?

Charlie,

The main task of the big electrics was to replace the steam engines at Harmon, NY, and bring the trains into and out of Grand Central where steam was not allowed.

The T motor and later the P motor replaced the S for this job, with the S then being relegated to switching service and shuttling passenger trains between Grand Central and the Mott Haven coach yard in the south Bronx.

The P motors actually were first used in Cleveland Union Terminal service, and brought over to the New York City area when more power was needed for heavier trains.

Jim

Mine (black) came yesterday, and I actually haven't opened it yet; the box is sitting on

the couch. Been rather busy, for a change.

Fingers crossed. 

Jim, simply a beautiful little motor. Don

Very impressive motor there, Jim.  Looks great among your other NYC passenger motors.  Now all I hafta do is convince Scott Mann to do the Milwaukee Road Baldwin Westinghouse passenger motor, and my limited collection would be complete.

Paul Fischer

Ummm....Mr. P. yer third rail is in the wrong place....Sir!

Rick.

Rick,

We haven't really needed that 3rd rail since this place came on line.

Jim

I love that engine. I've got to get one.

Ha....I know how that works.....but few RR's use the technology Ya'know. I guess the idea is still "up in the air"?

OK, that was bad!

Rick.

Jim,

I can hardly see the locos because my eyes are drawn to your track! It looks great, Gargraves? What about turnouts?

Love your layout, Malcolm

Thank you Jim

That is the service that I could not remember.

Jim your T motor looks great.  

I have done some searching but have been unable to find if anyone has done the R-2 electric.  I need one for my Detroit River Tunnel freight to the hidden storage yard.

Dan

Jim is right, The T is terrific opened mine today and love it great job 3rd rail!!!!! Its a home run!!!

As I recall, the R motor was done by both Max Gray and Electric Shop in 2 rail only.

We haven't really needed that 3rd rail since this place came on line.

Jim

Nikola would have been proud that somebody got it to work

A 3RO NYC "R" freight-motor is on my wish-list.

In case anyone is listening.

Also: sure wish that Lionel would do the remaining S-motor, the S-3. I have the S-1 and S-2, and they are very nice. The S-3 had a longer frame, but the body tooling and

most of the running gear from the S-2 could be used. 

I'd buy it.

Joe, 

Thanks for sharing!  That T Motor looks fantastic!  I love the look and lines of NYC's electrics.  All we need now is for someone to model Harmon with the change of engines from electrics to steam or Diesel. 

As an aside to this topic.....

Many more electrics need to be offered by the manufacturers.  

NYC...R class (freight)    and I would love to see a Tri Power Motor (DES) offered. NYC had about 40  of those. Didn't Lackawanna have similar engine?

Milw....Those Baldwin electrics would be nice.

New Haven.....many, many electrics of that railroad have yet to be offered.

Virginian.....A set of side- rodders would be great.

Steve

Oh wow! I was expecting such pictures of the S model in black from 3Rd Rail, finaly I got them from you and Now I know that I must have this engine. 

The MTH P2 look cheap beside the T, the S2 remain a nicely made engine.

Thank you for the pictures Sir.

Did 3rd rail assign each unit with a different number. Jim's is numbered 273, Don's is 278 and mine is numbered 279.

Bill

Bill,

In the T3 brochure, its says each paint scheme comes in 3 different road numbers. I guess we have them all covered between the three of us.

Jim

I got one, I got one, I got one, I am picking it up at YORK.

Congrats, Ed.

You're going to love it.

Jim

This has got to be one of the most beautiful engines produced in the last 43 years. When I was a teenager living in Manhattan, I would watch them bringing  the passenger trains into GCT where the tunnel starts on Park Ave at 98th St. If you are a NYC fan you need to get one these for your layout. Thankyou Sunset 3rd Rail.

Finally got a chance Friday to open my new 3rd Rail T-3 that came last Monday.

It's beautiful and actually ran with no "problems" (see #5), so far:

1 - the brass castings are not up to Lionel/MTH standards of brass add-ons

2 - it runs very well; ERR Cruise is superb; sound is good

3 - whoever said above that the MTH P-2 looks "cheap beside the T" is wildly incorrect;

     I have both (black) sitting next to each other and the MTH piece is also beautiful

     (see #1)

4 - surprisingly nothing was broken out of the box; the piece feels more substantial

     that many 3rd Rail pieces that I own and/or have handled

5 - there is a F/R/electronic orientation error on my loco, and I suspect on 

     all of them, judging by the photo on the front of the instruction booklet.

     (It is a photo of the rear, prototypically.)

     The "Front" of the loco as defined by initial start-up and Aux +0 and "F" coupler

     and clear/red class/marker lights is incorrect; the "Front" is the end with the big

     white "F" on the body, but this loco thinks that the #2 end with the steam                 generator/Run/Prog switch cover is the Front. It is not. When my "F/R"

     couplers fire, the wrong coupler(s) open, as defined by the actual locomotive. 

     The end with "2" on it is the Rear, and should have the red markers, and other

     features of the #2 end.

     This is irritating, but not deadly. It has to matter to somebody, and I guess that

     I'm That Guy. Changeable? Yes. Will I? Dunno.

     If mine is the only one, well too bad for me.

Ok you guys have convinced me. I put my order in. Thanks Jim and everybody!