Good morning. 16 degrees with light snow.
Have a pre-surgery appointment this morning and have to see the vampire to get blood drawn and an EKG. That means I will have to brush all of the snow off of the car. Haven't had to do that for a while and I don't miss it.
Thanks for the comments on the F-7's. I was a bit hesitant to order them but I will have to admit that I am impressed with them. The Mainline series does not have all of the details the upper scale models have, but I can add these later. I really like the weight of these locomotives. My RS-1 is so light that it can barely handle 10 cars on the grades at the club. Can't believe how smoothly they run. Some of the other DCC locomotives I have can be finicky running on DC, but not these.
Ray, there will be no need for mid train helpers with this pair. I had 30 cars behind them and they pulled the grade and didn't break a sweat. When I get back, I'll let them run to break them in and then keep adding cars to see what the max they can pull the grade with. Think I will put the RS-1 and the BLU NW-2 up for sale at the train show in Livingston in April. I would recommend these Mainline units to anyone.
Curt - That was a pricey mistake, OUCH.
Louis - Nice shot of the Burlington locomotives. Keep them coming.
Mark - I do have one Blue Box F-7 I custom painted years ago and it looks almost as good as there. I did put a can motor in it when it was painted. What a difference.
Gotta get headed to town. Here's a rail photo for today.
Later