BLI brass hybrid's GN S-2 4-8-4 Northerns.
I got them when they first came out several weeks ago but had to send them in to the service department as both engines were shorting out, intermittently, and smoke not properly working on one. It took awhile but they got everything fixed and all is working fine, now.
It turned out the drivers were shorting on the boiler.
They did put a lot of detail on these engines from boiler jacket stays to functioning closed cab, windows, crews, cab detail, etc. The cab light comes on first and as the engine starts to move, the cab light goes out and either the engine or tender light comes on. It really smokes nice and is comparable to O gauge smoke units.
The boiler and tender tank are brass but the front/rear and tender truck frames are plastic. Unusual, at least for brass engines, electrical pick up in that one side of tender and engine wheels are hot while the other is ground.
Sam
