Nothing like the look and sound of that BB moving along. Patiently waiting for the next production run.
What an interesting post. I can't knock the guy who originally tried the repair, though...I've been learning on the fly on a series of locos I recently bought at auction with a bunch of extra PS1 boards. But my overall investment was very low, and I am not tinkering with anything near as expensive as that Big Boy. I suspect Alex would have a heart attack if he opened some of the stuff I did and took a look. I'd be right at the top of the electronics Hall of Shame.
But it's comforting to know that, if I ever did have reason to get a super expensive part fixed, folks like Alex are out there to deal with it.
BTW...what an incredible looking model. The blowing whistle with the separate smoker was so cool!
I find it interesting that everything is in the engine and it doesn’t need the tender! Are a lot of Lionel engines like that?
The VL-BB has sound systems in the locomotive and the tender, as to several other Vision Line products. Normally, you'd need the tender for sound for most Legacy steam.
Thanks for the video; that's a very impressive locomotive and repair--your customer should be very happy.
And thanks for including the date of the update.
They need to have the same warning sticker on Vision Line as on a Nuclear Reactor:
NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS
Alan
Wow, that BB runs great! Excellent job Alex! But what happened to that poor NYC tender that is lying upside down?
Great job!
Hudson J1e posted:Wow, that BB runs great! Excellent job Alex! But what happened to that poor NYC tender that is lying upside down?
That’s a ready to run broken tender which needs to go in the garbage. Lol 😂
Wow Alex! I know the smoke units on my Vision Challenger were bad (per your pictures), but not this bad!! BTW, I never got back to you that I'm extremely happy with how your repairs turned out!!