A few videos of this morning’s run session…
Amtrak passenger train overtaking an Erie train as it comes onto the mainline. In my world, the Erie branch line will be bringing equipment and products from Bucyrus Erie and Erie forge and Steel Inc to central PA. The original Bucyrus Erie was mining equipment and later specialized in steam shovels, but for my railroad they will be making miscellaneous earthmoving equipment. 
I love the recent Amtrak cars that I picked up. They’re in awesome shape. Family from Chicago and California would visit us in Erie and I remember countless times waiting on the platform as these huge shiny boxes pulled up. The super liners weren’t back then, at least not on the routes that came through Erie that I recall. On my railroad, there will be a way point station on the mainline where passengers can get off and then take a separate train to their final destination in Central PA.
And they are heavy! When I first put them all on the track together and gave the entire train a tug, I was thinking… ****, I hope the single engine can pull it. I think I want to convert these to LED. So, I’ll have to do some searching because I know others have already done this.
I’ve never been into the passenger trains that much but this set has me really interested. I fear that I’m now going to start collecting passenger trains… God help my bank account
The LionChief 2.0+ engine is really nice. I like the semi scale proportions and the color scheme with the MPC cars. For a little more money I could’ve went with a Legacy F 40 but I really like the looks of this one. It ran great right out of the box. Sounds great. Love it so far.
And the Erie train coming onto the main line with mixed commodities, steel, and construction equipment …
