Video shows my MTH Premier Pennsylvania Railroad G-5s Ten-Wheeler #5740 running on my 12’-by-8’ layout pulling Long Island Rail Road passenger cars “Islip” and “Montauk.” The LIRR was purchased by the PRR in 1900 and PRR steam locomotives ran on the LIRR. This model has PS1 and a BCR and is more than twenty years old.
MELGAR
@MELGAR posted:Video shows my MTH Premier Pennsylvania Railroad G-5s Ten-Wheeler #5740 running on my 12’-by-8’ layout pulling Long Island Rail Road passenger cars “Islip” and “Montauk.” The LIRR was purchased by the PRR in 1900 and PRR steam locomotives ran on the LIRR. This model has PS1 and a BCR and is more than twenty years old.
MELGAR
Very nice engine. I too have a few PS-1 engines of the same vintage with BCR's installed and they haven't missed a beat other than routine maintenance. Your layout is very nice as well!
Charles,
My PS1 engines have been very reliable and have required only normal maintenance. This one has a lot of run time. I appreciate the comment about my layout. The photo is taken on my 10'-by-5' layout and the video is on my 12'-by-8' layout.
MELGAR
Well, I am confessing, that I find the temptation to run trains BEFORE completely completing (or starting) a permanent layout....... and, even without its pantographs..... she still makes me smile...... Sooooooo smooth! I do need to giver a cleaning on the reverse contraption, just a tad........
my steam locomotives 🚂 won’t run, not even a test, yet...... but the Whistle Tender did blow out a bit o DUST!! ❤️
thanks to Mitch..... great little transformer!!! 🤗
He's making a list and checking it twice...Oh! That's supposed to be Santa not the Gi-raffes!! Looking good for an engine as old as us, Frank!!! 
Todays consist is a Williams Chicago and North Western NW2 with matching Williams N5C caboose
pulling a trio of MTH C&NW slag cars. Past the town square where a group of kids are having a snow ball fight.
My childhood 681 pulling the express today. She got a full service recently and is running better than ever. Happy holidays, all!
Ran the California Zephyr on special Christmas duty tonight.
I thought I'd take a quick video before I rotated this train off the layout.
Lionel Post-War 2363 Illinois Central F3's from 1955-56 pulling a train over 18 feet long. Trailing is the custom painted matching caboose I made.
MTH Premier Long Island Rail Road G-5s #21 Ten-Wheeler steam locomotive with PS2 pulling K-Line LIRR "Dashing Dan" passenger cars on my 12'-by-8' layout completed in 2004. Scale speed 46 miles-per-hour.
MELGAR
Merry Christmas Everyone! In the man cave this evening running a Lionel F7 ABA Chicago and Northwestern pulling coal drag and coil cars. I like the horn and Mars Light.
Lionelski, 18 feet of holiday cheer keeping us all in good spirits.
We had the two grandkids and a niece visit so I ran the Peanuts Christmas Set (conventional) with the three passenger car add-on set.
The children loved it, and I had fun too!
Just playing with O and One Gauge a little. 
My sister brings her grandkids every year around this time for a train day. They didn’t want to come inside this year so I set some trains up on the back deck. Mid 80s Lionel GP9, mid 40s tinplate caboose, Menards track and M&M cars. I loaded the hoppers with M&Ms. I stopped the train every once in a while, so the kids could help unload them.
@jnadpa posted:Merry Christmas Everyone! In the man cave this evening running a Lionel F7 ABA Chicago and Northwestern pulling coal drag and coil cars. I like the horn and Mars Light.
That is just beautiful. Are the hoppers die cast?
@coach joe posted:Lionelski, 18 feet of holiday cheer keeping us all in good spirits.
I'm glad they are Joe.
Hmmm, I wonder how a couple flat cars with plastic shot glass loads would look with that consist?
A Northern Pacific U33C and matching caboose, hauls a string of H.J. Heinz reefer cars filled with pickled products over the river, disturbing the local wildlife with the clickity clack of the rolling wheels.
Playing with my new camera rig today. Ran some Post War F3s, the 773 Hudson, a new Legacy Ohio Central and my Legacy BNSF lash-up
A Williams Soo Line GP9 with a cut of K-line diecast log cars and a matching Lionel Soo Line Extended Vision caboose.
My 2020 around the room Layout.
No pics, but I ran my repainted lionel 1615 0-4-0, my new lionchief Plus Chicago Burlington and Quincy
4-6-4 hudson and CB&Q GP7.
Ran a 90’s era consist around the layout this week.
This is my first attempt at a grand Christmas set up. <ore to come next year.
Harley,
That is such a gracious and comfortable looking video one might think it actually took place in some room at Santa's North Pole Headquarters.
Ok, we have to sort the horn.... lol. My little engineer is so much fun and learning so much... thanks for ALL the layout and engine help, lads....
tomorrow..... we again tackle the “E-unit” (again) until I finally get it all sorted (please note that with your guidance, I have NOT hooked up all the littles and bits on the wheels until she RUNS... (thanks to Brad for that) hope my brain does not make my eyeballs fall out on the workbench....... “Nothing is as easy as when someone Else does it” (author escapes me at this moment)
Decided to run the first engine I purchased back in the 50’s. Still works great.
Well, Santa made his final trip through the Snow Village this afternoon, while on his way back to the North Pole. Time for him to start getting ready for next Christmas Eve!
Had a little Gene Autry going for background music too...🚂😉😺
My neighbor Sam turned 80 this year. In one of our many conversations in the back yard this summer, we started talking about trains. Sam mentioned that he still had his Lionel 675 that he received as a child. He brought out a box that had a bunch of parts and a rusty old engine. I took it to my local shop and had it restored. They did a fantastic job. I now own this engine and it is the only Post War engine in my collection that I know the history. It is so cool to hear someone’s story and to be able to pass it along to my own children. Enjoy this video that I made for Sam. While the rest of my engines sat quiet on the layout, Sam’s engine raced around my short Post War loop. This is what I ran today.
I did get a little bored yesterday; haven’t been able to get to the club. So I ran it conventionally.
my daughter was excited! She loves trains, too. She has a Genesis and 6 Amfleets of her own.
Happy Holidays!
-Mario
Soooooo my little 8042...... has weird e unit. Got it to just go forward for now..... and then, after two hours of re-do.... I tested it before putting on the wheel it’s and bits...... BUT I found that the front roller does not always work when I apply power with a test lead.... AND, it looks like I have to take a Drive wheel off to repair the roller pickup...... Unless.... there is magical access under the secret plastic panel?
soooooo, I did NOT run this train 🚂..
tips or tricks?
@Miggy posted:Soooooo my little 8042...... has weird e unit. Got it to just go forward for now..... and then, after two hours of re-do.... I tested it before putting on the wheel it’s and bits...... BUT I found that the front roller does not always work when I apply power with a test lead.... AND, it looks like I have to take a Drive wheel off to repair the roller pickup...... Unless.... there is magical access under the secret plastic panel?
soooooo, I did NOT run this train 🚂..
tips or tricks?
I would try spraying contact cleaner between the roller and the contact and hope you can clean any corrosion. If not you need to take out the motor, remove the wheels, and split it in half and work on it. If you have an electronic e-unit it will make it a little easier to get it back together then the older scout motors with the internal e-unit.
Gene Anstine
PRR G-5s #5740 by MTH Premier with PS1 is one of my favorite locomotives. New Haven Fairbanks-Morse CPA-24-5 “C Liner” #793 is a recent MTH model with PS3. On my 12’-by-8’ layout.
MELGAR
@MELGAR posted:PRR G-5s #5740 by MTH Premier with PS1 is one of my favorite locomotives. New Haven Fairbanks-Morse CPA-24-5 “C Liner” #793 is a recent MTH model with PS3. On my 12’-by-8’ layout.
MELGAR
Gorgeous, Melgar. What struck me about these photos is how crystal clear they are. Arnold
Last night me and the lady did a late nite run. She operated the camera and wine glass, I nervously operated the DCS controller through a very congested 072 main line. Great run, no technical hiccups or operator error. Lots of fun
This is one of Lionel’s new ES44ACs, handling some Atlas O diecast Maxi IV intermodal well cars, Lionel auto racks, and MTH 
Bradly military transport
Norfolk Southern OCS train, the passenger cars have been converted to Kaydee 745 scale couplers, with shapeways mounting pads to optimize coupler distance. The interior detail of these is going to be a project this year. Overall the quality control on these was not bad.
Cogen1981 - Hmmm, your wife operating "the camera and wine glass", that could've been a recipe for disaster. Like the time my wife and I went on a bicycle tour of wineries in an area known for its numerous wineries - a bad combination (lol). 😜🍷
Seriously though, very nice photos and are the OCS passenger cars MTH or another manufacturer?
By the way, Happy New Year and be sure to propose a toast tonight with your wife! Then play with your trains some more. 😉
@Cogen1981 posted:
Last night me and the lady did a late nite run. She operated the camera and wine glass, I nervously operated the DCS controller through a very congested 072 main line. Great run, no technical hiccups or operator error. Lots of fun
This is one of Lionel’s new ES44ACs, handling some Atlas O diecast Maxi IV intermodal well cars, Lionel auto racks, and MTH
Bradly military transport
Norfolk Southern OCS train, the passenger cars have been converted to Kaydee 745 scale couplers, with shapeways mounting pads to optimize coupler distance. The interior detail of these is going to be a project this year. Overall the quality control on these was not bad.
Beautiful, love it, thanks for sharing..
@PH1975 posted:Cogen1981 - Hmmm, your wife operating "the camera and wine glass", that could've been a recipe for disaster. Like the time my wife and I went on a bicycle tour of wineries in an area known for its numerous wineries - a bad combination (lol). 😜🍷
Seriously though, very nice photos and are the OCS passenger cars MTH or another manufacturer?
By the way, Happy New Year and be sure to propose a toast tonight with your wife! Then play with your trains some more. 😉
Hahah,
there were some tense moments and close calls, but we made it through the night without a major incident or injury.
The passenger cars are Lionel 2027180 and the add on Lionel super dome car. I like the way the flush fitting windows look on these cars.
Thank you for the compliments and have a happy and safe new year
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