Went down to the San Diego 3-Railers on June 18th, and had a good day operating my usual manifest freight train. This is the same 33 car train as in the previous video, except for the power being CitiRail in this one. The train still ran perfectly, except for the first 86’ high cube boxcar decided to uncouple randomly a few times. I considered running this engine in a lashup with the CSX ES44, but ended up doing an engine switch theme instead.
Manifest freight train: Lionel CitiRail ES44AC #1201, MTH Norfolk Southern Center Beam Flat Car, Lionel Producers Grain PS-2CD 4427 Hopper, Lionel Norfolk Southern 65' gondola (X2), Atlas O ACF 33000 gallon tank cars (X2), Atlas O GATX (LRS) 50’ high cube boxcar, MTH Railbox 50' Boxcar (3 cars down the Santa Fe hopper cars), Lionel Santa Fe 4-Bay Covered Hopper (6-Pack), Lionel BNSF 65' gondola (X2), Lionel Continental ACF 3-Bay Covered Hoppers (X2), MTH Pullman Standard 50' Waffle Boxcar, Lionel Frisco 86’ Hi-cube Boxcars (2-pack), MTH W.R. Grace & Company 3-Bay Centerflow Hopper, Lionel Ferromex Scale Autorack, Lionel MKT Scale Autorack, Atlas O TTX (On Track For A Cure) 50’ high cube boxcar, Lionel SPFE 57’ Mechanical Reefers (X3), MTH Genstar Cement Company PS-2 Hopper Car, Lionel Global Ethanol 30,000 Gallon tank cars (3-pack), and Lionel GATX 30K gallon Tank Car w/ EOT.
All of the footage is in 1080p60. Some parts will be a bit dark, due to the FPS.
1st clip (00:00): CREX 1201 departs with the manifest freight train; CSXT 3194 is tied down in an engine shed nearby
2nd to 21st clips (01:37): Manifest freight train rolls by at various points of the layout
22nd clip (20:04): CREX 1201 ties down its train and shuts down for the day