At age 70, I finally added my first Burlington Northern equipment to my railroad. For some reason, I passed the BN on my list of engines and cars to purchase. I have looked at the BN Coal Train, but the new aluminum and green rotary bathtub gondolas finally caught my imagination. The new Lionel SD40-2 with the BN nose markings finally sold me on the Burlington Northern. It is really nice that it has operating ditch lights. Here is a brief video of two SD40-2 engines pulling 16 cars. The third dummy engine had to be returned due to shipping damage and missing parts. Hopefully next week I will be able to add it to the two engines and shoot another video.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
