San Diego 3 Railers Lionel Southern ES44AC action; February 25th, 2023

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Published on June 17, 2023 7:00:06 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWF12sGBqyY

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Went down to the San Diego 3-Railers on February 25th, and had a good day operating my usual manifest freight train. This time the train is 2 cars longer than it was last year, as I got 2 new freight cars earlier this year. Those being the Long Island flat car with 2 switches (second switch was added by me, because it looks better) and the Masonite Corp All door boxcar. My manifest freight rain is now 35 cars long. All the freight cars are NMRA weight compliant now, just so they operate better. But now I basically need to run the whole train with 2 engines, due to the whole train weighing more, although I think that’s a minor problem to deal with.

Manifest freight train: Lionel Norfolk Southern Heritage Southern ES44AC #8099, Lionel CitiRail ES44AC #1201, MTH Norfolk Southern Center Beam Flat Car, Lionel Norfolk Southern 65' gondola (X2), MTH Long Island 60' Flat Car w/ScaleTrax Switches, Atlas O ACF 33000 gallon tank cars (X2), Atlas O Masonite Corporation 55' All Door Boxcar, Atlas O TTX (On Track For A Cure) 50’ high cube 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), Lionel Producers Grain PS-2CD 4427 Hopper, Atlas O GATX (LRS) 50’ high cube boxcar, Lionel Frisco 86’ Hi-cube Boxcars (2-pack), MTH Pullman Standard 50' Waffle Boxcar, 2 Lionel Scale Autoracks (MKT and Ferromex), MTH W.R. Grace & Company 3-Bay Hopper, Lionel SPFE 57’ Mechanical Reefers (X3), MTH Railbox 50' Boxcar, Lionel Global Ethanol 30,000 Gallon tank cars (3-pack), MTH Genstar Cement Company PS-2 Hopper Car, 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): NS 8099 starts up and rolls out the manifest freight train
2nd to 14th clips (02:18): Manifest freight train rolls by at various points of the layout
15th clip (15:41): NS 8099 ties down its train and shuts down for the day
16th clip (16:50): Outtake - Why did it get out of focus? I don’t understand...

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