Standard Gauge 4 4 2 Great Northern Steam Engine.
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I got this in the mail today, I wasn't expecting to buy another engine this month. But after seeing this come up on Nicholas Smith Trains, I had to get it before it vanished. I am really surprised that they somehow got one after being out of production for like 3 years. I guess they randomly found it in their warehouse. In any case, I am glad I picked this thing up. It's really nice and operates really close to the real NPCUs. Also, it works perfectly!
This engine will be accompanied by 5 Atlas O Amtrak Phase III Horizon cars, along with my Atlas O Amtrak Dash 8 (in the Pepsi Can scheme). Once I get the cars interior lights upgraded to LEDs and get my Dash 8 back to full working order. Dash 8 will have to wait a while, since I will need to order parts from Lionel to fix it.
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If that's the Lionel one, I'd take the shell off and make sure the front light group wires aren't routed over the flywheel! 
Here's my Western Maryland extended vision caboose. It is very well done! Thank you MTH and Sidetrack Hobbies!
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Hi All, I picked up these MTH Canadian Pacific E-8s and passenger cars yesterday. I love them. Same color scheme as they were when I was a boy. Here is a video of them running:
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@gunrunnerjohn posted:If that's the Lionel one, I'd take the shell off and make sure the front light group wires aren't routed over the flywheel!
That was a problem with the powered versions. This doesn't have motors so that should not be a problem.
Oops, didn't notice it was the Cabbage unit. 
You're right, the only issue I had with that one was the number board intensity and the coupler rot from the acid lubricant they used.
@gunrunnerjohn posted:Oops, didn't notice it was the Cabbage unit.
You're right, the only issue I had with that one was the number board intensity and the coupler rot from the acid lubricant they used.
I did have to take the shell off in order to pop the control switch cover, the number boards being rather dim doesn't really bother me. And the coupler problem is non-existent. Although the rear air hoses broke off in transit (one was already stashed away with the Kadee coupler hardware). Not really bothered by that, I won't even know they are missing during normal operation. At least it works perfectly and is almost flawless.
The reason the number boards bothered me was those were really dim, and the powered unit number boards were like headlights! It turned out there was a 22:1 difference in the current to the number boards in the two units. I picked an intensity I like for the powered unit and then made the Cabbage unit match. It was just a one resistor change.
Legacy Amtrak F40PH Number Board Brightness Fix & Cabbage Unit As Well
@gunrunnerjohn posted:The reason the number boards bothered me was those were really dim, and the powered unit number boards were like headlights! It turned out there was a 22:1 difference in the current to the number boards in the two units. I picked an intensity I like for the powered unit and then made the Cabbage unit match. It was just a one resistor change.
Legacy Amtrak F40PH Number Board Brightness Fix & Cabbage Unit As Well
Yes I have seen your post related to that when I was doing a ton of research on the Cabbage units. Mainly seeing how common the electronics failed. I know of 2 Youtubers who had that failure. One had the electronics fail because they were moving around wires while they had it powered on. The other one was a complete failure out of the blue (I believe). I don't have access to a soldering iron at home, so the fix will have to be done at my work once businesses open up again.
I watched two of the powered F40PH units go up in smoke. After seeing the first one weeks before, we were at a club function and a club member was running his when I saw the lights flickering. I warned him that he should stop and we could fix it, but he kept running. About two more loops and it stopped with smoke pouring out where smoke should not be coming from. Yes, it was stopped, and that was a permanent situation. 
This guy is on its way to my railroad! Should look great pulling my MTH Madison cars...
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Question: Is this topic so popular because (most) of our significant others don’t get excited when we show them the new train OR because we can’t show them we bought ANOTHER train!! Just pondering.....interested to hear your thoughts. For me it’s probably both!
It’s definitely nice to share with people who appreciate the excitement of a new purchase! So thank you!
Perish the thought, I show my SO my new train purchases. I just don't show here "all" of my train purchases! 
She would know if I never bought a train that something was wrong.
Gerhardt, You may have hit on something. My wife gets briefly excited about some of my purchases but her response to others is ho hum. Yes, it is nice to post here where we know someone will appreciate what we purchased.
Well look what came today! A second Premier PS2 H9 I bought from a friend. This one is a little different in that it started out with Erie livery and the previous owner lettered it for WM. He left the cab roof black and the smokebox gray, but I like it in that it looks a little different from the factory painted #821 I already have.
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My wife gets “pre purchase approval”. That way there’s no surprises. It’s better for both of us that way.
She likes the MTH passenger cars I just bought, she thinks it’s cool that they have interior lights...
I got a great deal on two more #7 line World's Fair cars. I now have a train with six!
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Now I can start my new layouts(fixed and portable for shows). This prewar Lionel OO 3 rail, bought it today up near Crown Point, IN before my wife and I went on a Jeep ride.
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