Richlawn Railroad: Christmas Present Early

Monday, December 7, 2009

Christmas Present Early

I've been wanting a steam engine for the layout, but I've got a couple of tight curves so I had to choose a little loco to go around the curves. Since I'm modeling in the 60's & 70's it's after steam, so this loco will be for excursions. Bachmann has this nice little 4-4--0 with sound that fits the bill. It's not L&N, but then it's not uncommon for excursions to "run what you got". It looks & sounds great on the layout. Who knows - maybe I'll backdate to the steam age and become a steam convert?

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Scott G. PerryDecember 11, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Nice loco. I've got her sister engine, a ten wheeler over here that has sound. How does she pull?
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AnonymousDecember 20, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Scott,

She's a great little loco, but she's a lightweight. So far I've only pulled 4 cars with her and she slips some going up the 2.5% grade. This isn't a problem as she will only be used as an excursion special pulling a gondola and a caboose.

Rick
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ErinnJune 10, 2022 at 8:49 AM
Grateful for you writing this blog.
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Richlawn Railroad

Monday, December 7, 2009

Christmas Present Early

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