Went down to the San Diego 3-Railers on June 4th, and had a good day operating my usual Schnabel train and my Santa Fe Blue goose excursion train. The train ran great throughout the day and had 0 issues; I am looking into getting a proper observation car to run on the end of the train. I am still not in a big rush to get this done, as the MTH Madison observation car works well enough for my needs for now.
Also apologies for the background noise, one of the members let a kid hang out in the layout area this time and he was a bit too excited around the trains. He wasn’t causing any problems, but he was having trouble keeping his excitement in.
Excursion train: Lionel Santa Fe 4-8-4 Northern #3765, Lionel Amtrak NPCU #90218, Atlas O Amtrak Horizon Phase IV coach #53510, Atlas O Amtrak Horizon Phase V passenger cars (Coach #54522 and Dinette #58100), Lionel Amtrak Amfleet Coach Car #82568, Lionel Excursion Private Car 2-pack B (Northern Pacific Dome and Florida East Coast coach), Atlas O California Zephyr Dome Chair car “Silver Rifle,” and MTH Premier Reading Madison Observation car.
1st clip (00:00): ATSF 3765 starts up and rolls out with the excursion train
2nd to 25th clips (01:53): Excursion train rolls by at various points of the layout
26th clip (12:51): ATSF 3765 ties down its train, in a siding, after a good excursion day
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