Hi Guys. This goes out to youtuber "IAIS96." I wasn't planning to post a video for another week or so, but cool shots came into the local area, with the sun setting, and the clouds and the cool locomotives, and all, I couldn't resist! I even talked to an old Rock Island employee, a great guy to add to the evening. I learn so much from him! Please comment and subscribe, and thanks for watching! Enjoy! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTRxKxo7x4A

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

Here are the prototype ES44AC from Iowa Interstate along with my MTH Premier O-gauge models with the same cab numbers all in a 5 unit-lash-up. Actual units filmed at Bureau, IL. The models filmed at my house! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_uFlYqg6TU

Here's an Iowa Interstate track warrant being issued to my models!! Followed by me moving them out! Please Tell me what you think? Comments welcome. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! :)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTH AC4400CW, BNSF, MTH Trains Premier AC4400CW, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, MTH Premier GE AC4400CW O-Gauge Diesel Locomotive, SD40-2, EMD SD40, MTH Electric trains, MTH Premier, MTH AC4400, 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 erics trains Lionel Southern Crescent Limited 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.MTH Canadian Pacific AC4400CW, 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 Iowa Interstate IAIS 513 Heritage Chicago Rock Island & Pacific MTH DCS Railking Premier Diesel Engine Steam Engine O scale 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 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 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPRzBRz9KuE