He everybody. I decided to reveal my current 4-6-0 locomotive and tender project. I was going to wait until it's completed, but I figured "what the heck I'll show it off a little bit tonight! First off I want to thank the good people at Bachmann Trains for their having their 4-6-0 chassis (both the standard and Anniversary) on sale again at great prices and I am especially grateful to them for having the 25 percent off sale last weekend on all parts orders totaling $25.00 (or more) which enabled me to purchase a new chassis for my project a bit sooner than I expected!I was thinking Anniversary chassis, but I decided on a standard chassis to save costs and etc. She 's not complete by a long shot,but she's beginning to shape up into what I have envisioned it to become: the #26 4-6-0 locomotive from the Virginia and Truckee R.R! I need decals (still!),a new headlight housing, bell, and running boards, but after all that is done I'll be one happy model railroader!
This baby was originally a green Big Haulers #7 Santa Fe battery operated 4-6-0, but I repainted it satin black and silver. By the way,the new standard electric chassis fits it like a glove( as would an Anniversary chassis, which I verified by placing the #25's Anniversary chassis into the #26 a couple of weeks ago when I rewired the Anniversary chassis)! I've also installed a 5mm warm white LED for the headlight and added a Suethe #7 in-stack smoke generator as the body doesn't have mounts for the one made by Bachmann. So far, I've only ran it about 30 feet back and forth on a 9 foot track section in order to test the smoke generator and headlight function. The Seuthe #7 smoke generator puffs out smoke like a regular chimney! I can't afford the rest of the parts at the moment due to my boss cutting my hours this week(grrr!!!!) but it'll be done soon enough. Here's a link to a video of my little project that I've posted to youtube:
https://youtu.be/I3TxHbmP1B4
Enjoy and thank you for taking the time to read my ramble and watch the video!
Take care and happy railroading!
Andrew
Reno, Nevada
First run on full track with smoke and sound enabled!
https://youtu.be/VsWJ9kfHvBo
And here's a new shoot of my #25 Anniversary Edition pulling a string of 4 lighted cars in the dark:
https://youtu.be/aag-Uw1CNCo