In the 1960s CB&Q and Union Pacific ran GP30s and could be seen lashed together from Chicago on westward. I wanted to model this and turned to Lionel GP30s with TMCC. They are nice, but definitely have their issues! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-zt6NIa1xA

Having just recently received my new BNSF AC4400CW I was both pleased and annoyed. First off let me say that MTH has out done themselves again. This is a beautiful loco that has all the bells and whistles. Runs like a charm and has great up-to-standard detailing one would expect from a "Premier" product. However, the factory-installed sound file came with the all too known "annoying" horn that is of the "new GEVOs"... This is an AC4400cw? Also- like the PS2 upgrades I have performed, I wanted the most out of my lighting. There are two areas of model train lighting that are pet-peeves with me. 1) head and ditch lights are not bright enough and so are not prototypical, 2) the number boards also act as cab interior lights (or in some cases totally flood out cab lights if installed). So, after having performed several PS2 upgrades I felt I was experienced enough to try a little light modification. First the Cab lights vs. number boards. I prefer to have a dark cab but illuminated number boards- to keep the number boards from flooding the cab with light, I built, with heavy paper card, shrouds around each light bulb inside for each number board. I had to vent the area so I punched little pin-sized holes for cooling. This allowed a little light to escape to the cab but it was totally manageable. As for the Head and ditch lights, I basically popped the plastic lenses out of the body and ditch light shrouds. This allowed the actual light bulb themselves to be exposed, thus making for brighter lights. A little hot-glue secured them in place. I also built a shroud, around the head light to keep it from flooding the cab- thus keeping the cab dark. As all of us train fans know, the head and ditch lights of a real train are so bright they blind us up close, and can illuminate terrain for up to a mile away. Now, in a 100 percent totally dark room, my model trains can do the same- having measured a "scale mile" on my floor layout the bulbs produce scale prototypical illumination on my room walls up to a scale-mile away. And they look proto- typically bright up close. Pretty cool! The video highlights the loco and I do a full up-close light test at the end of video. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quSTM3vlpiQ

This goes out to Andrew (IAIS96) who's a big IAIS Fan... just some railfanning in Bureau, IL with a beautiful engine and live radio! Please comment & Subscribe and thanks for watching! , , , , , , , , , , , , , , TAGS: Iowa Interstate, ES44AC, Rock Island, 513, BNSF, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, SD40-2, EMD SD40, MTH Electric trains, MTH Premier, Protosound 2, DCS, lionel sd40-2, Lionel, Vision Line, Legacy control, weaver, williams, bachmann, athearn, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, BNSF CSX, Norfolk Southern, NS, Union Pacific, Rock Island, Burlington Northern U30C GP20 Northern Pacific Great Northern Steam Engine Berkshire Mountain 4-8-2 New York Central J1e 4-6-4 Hudson MTH DCS Railking Premier Eric's Trains SD40-2 Diesel Engine Steam Engine O scale IAIS Iowa Interstate Lionel Vision Line Legacy Premier dcs system layout Lionel Fastrack EMD SD70ACe SD45T-2 Dash 8-40CW Dash 8 Dash 9 C44-9W Union Pacific The Katy CSX IAIS Rock Island 513 GE ES44AC bradstrains SD40-2 bradstrains MTH Premier CSX SD40-2 Review My review of MTH's SD40-2. I encourage you to compare this model to Lionel's Legacy Equipped SD40-2, GP38-2 Heritage Conrail Trains Railroad Southern Pacific Tunnel Motor TTX Tank Car Esso Southern RR Caterpillar Norfolk and Western Santa Fe Southern Pacific Long Island Alaska Canadian National Canadian Pacific Burlington Route Soo Line BNSF IAIS Iowa Interstate Lionel Vision Line Legacy Premier dcs system HO gauge O gauge n gauge s gauge model trains esiegel76 Canadian pacific Canadian national heritage unit engineer steam locomotive American steam power protosound 1, protosound 2, prototsound 3, PS1, PS2 PS3, Real Trax, scale trax, Lionel FasTrack, 2 rail trains, 3 rail trains ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcMzip0gW0I

Hi guys- here is another request fulfilled for Tim of TDF Lines. My MTH RailKing E6 pulling my MTH Premier Streamline coach cars. Please comment Subscribe and thanks for watching!, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , TAGS: LIONEL GP35, ROCK ISLAND, Lionel, LEGACY, FasTrack,TrainMaster, Odyssey, RailSounds, CrewTalk, TowerCom,DynaChuff, StationSounds, Pullmor, ElectroCoupler, Magne-Traction, CAB-1Remote Controller, American Flyer, Lionel ZW, ZW, MagniVision, TMCC, Lionelville, Wireless Tether, Powerhouse, LionMaster, Conventional Classics, Postwar Celebration Series, TruRail, PH-1 Powerhouse, Powermaster, Powerstation-Powerhouse, Accessory Motor Controller, AMC, Accessory Switch Controller, ASC, Action Recorder Controller, ARC, Track Power Controller 300, TPC 300, Track Power Controller 400, TPC 400, Block Power Controller, BPC, Operating Track Controller, OTC, FatBoy, Lionel Lines, Joshua Lionel Cowen Series, Lockon, TrainSounds, MultiHorn, MultiWhistle, Choo-Choo The Best Postwar Lionel Trains - Lionel Model Trains, LIONEL VISION LINE, Lionel Legacy, Lionel Legacy 990, SD70ACe, Christmas Train Spectacular Caterpillar, BNSF, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, SD40-2, EMD SD40, MTH Electric trains, MTH Premier, Protosound 2, DCS, lionel sd40-2, Lionel, Vision Line, Legacy control, weaver, williams, bachmann, athearn, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, BNSF CSX, Norfolk Southern, NS, Union Pacific, Rock Island, Burlington Northern U30C GP20 Northern Pacific Great Northern Steam Engine Berkshire Mountain 4-8-2 New York Central J1e 4-6-4 Hudson MTH DCS Railking Premier Eric's Trains SD40-2 Diesel Engine Steam Engine O scale IAIS Iowa Interstate Lionel Vision Line Legacy Premier dcs system layout Lionel Fastrack EMD SD70ACe SD45T-2 Dash 8-40CW Dash 8 Dash 9 C44-9W Union Pacific The Katy CSX IAIS Rock Island 513 GE ES44AC bradstrains SD40-2 bradstrains MTH Premier CSX SD40-2 Review My review of MTH's SD40-2. I encourage you to compare this model to Lionel's Legacy Equipped SD40-2, a great review of that locomotive by "esiegel76" can be seen here, GP38-2 Heritage Conrail Trains Railroad Southern Pacific Tunnel Motor TTX Tank Car Esso Southern RR Caterpillar Norfolk and Western Santa Fe Southern Pacific Long Island Alaska Canadian National Canadian Pacific Burlington Route Soo Line BNSF IAIS Iowa Interstate Lionel Vision Line Legacy Premier dcs system HO gauge O gauge n gauge s gauge model trains esiegel76 Canadian pacific Canadian national heritage unit engineer steam locomotive American steam power protosound 1, protosound 2, prototsound 3, PS1, PS2 PS3, Real Trax, scale trax, Lionel FasTrack, 2 rail trains, 3 rail trains ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_GSpoq7qgk