New deliveries.
Both engines from BLI.
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NYC Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson 4-6-4 streamlined.
Cast metal boiler and tender.
Video: 'yard test':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl9bwkQbl3U
Accessories.
These are attached under the pistons.
BLI leaves them off as the front trucks need to move 'out' past where these 2 'skirts' are attached.
I'll have to see if my 48" minimum radius is sufficient to leave them on the engine.
Usual tender 'set up'.
Traction tires on the last set of drivers.
BLI replicated the 'creases' on the side of the engine.
Usual cab light and 'back head' detail with crew.
A 'deck plate' is present.
Another NYC engine where there were doors over the 'coal load' in the 'closed' position.
My MTH NYC Dreyfuss Hudson has 'functional' coal doors.
Top views.
Programming track.
Since the engine has no number on it I left the address as '03'.
My other NYC Hudsons:
Dreyfuss by MTH. Cast metal boiler and tender.
Lights over each driver.
Empire Express by MTH.
Cast metal boiler and tender.
Again, lights over the drivers.
Sunset model that I need to 'finish'!
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PRR S-2 6-8-6 turbine by BLI.
Brass boiler and tender.
Video: 'yard test':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YN2HHjiyq0
Besides the usual 'clam shell' some soft paper plus soft plastic over the top of the engine.
Not the 'usual' tender trucks with brass contacts.
I prefer this 'normal' type of 'draw bar' that is, also, found on brass engines.
There is a choice of 3 different holes.
Marker lights are colored 'jewels'.
Nicely detailed.
I used the '3rd hole' in the 'draw bar' to get a scale distance from engine to tender.
Has a 'deck plate'.
Usual 'back head', lighting and crew.
Functional head light and marker lights.
Top views.
'Real' coal load.
Engineer's side.
Programming track.
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My S-2 made by Alco in 1977 that I painted, added lights and a TCS 1517 decoder.
Not as well detailed as the BLI engine.
Marker lights and 'running board' lights plus fire box glow.