I think I've made my decision. Dave gave me the number of a pro and I will be contacting him. So thanks for that Dave, I appreciate your leg work there.
In the mean time I'm going to finish ordering the BLI Daylight cars to finish off my consist and then order the Bachmann version. I'm going to rip all the speakers and decoder out of the brass version and convert it back to DC just to work out the kinks in the running gear.
I'll just upgrade the Bachmann and hold off until something better comes along.There's a chance that a new house will be coming in the next 5 years, and if that's the case I plan on building a ginormous shop that will have the complete upstairs as a shelf layout....and that will let us build a layout that might be a little more steam friendly. And hopefully the pro can either help me fix the brass or is able to work on it himself to make it run. If he's willing to do the DCC conversion I'll have him start fresh there as well.
I appreciate all your guys input. But it's now come down to a time vs money thing and as much as I love wrenching on stuff, I just have too much layout to finish to mess with the Daylight. :( Not giving up nor selling it. Just going to see what the pro can do and then set it to the side for now.
And as it is, I just got my Daylight bible in the mail and I've got a lot to do to super detail the BLI cars to match the schematics in the book! So I'll shift my attention to those for now to satisfy my need to work on the dream train!
Mike
So let's end this with a video of the real 4449 running free.
Gee! why would anyone want one of those?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7FwzbCLSNQ
LensCapOn So let's end this with a video of the real 4449 running free. Gee! why would anyone want one of those? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7FwzbCLSNQ
I'll see your GS-4 and raise you a class J... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWjQTpttH5c
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OP talked about seeing 4449 running, more than a bit, so 611 won't have the same pull for him.
611, 844, 4449, MAGIC numbers there.
LensCapOn ^^^^^^^^ OP talked about seeing 4449 running, more than a bit, so 611 won't have the same pull for him. 611, 844, 4449, MAGIC numbers there.
How could you forget 765?
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
Mike,
You can bottom feed for the MTH model on Ebay and do quite well if you are patient. And....
Are you sure you really want to leave this behind?
or
Just messing with ya...
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site