Went down to the San Diego 3-Railers on July 23rd, and had a good day operating MTH KCS SD70ACe with a coal train; my MTH BNSF ES44AC with a Schnabel train, and my Lionel Acela train (I didn’t film it; I was testing stuff I thread locked). Both of my MTH engines ran perfectly with no issues, although my Acela ran into some issues. One of the tethers I thread locked didn’t hold, but the threads got completely messed up when I took out the screw. It wasn’t running on the upper line in this video as a result of the one of the tethers no longer holding. I will be ordering a pair of tethers, both of the ones on the engines failed.
Coal Train: MTH Kansas City Southern (Veterans) SD70ACe #4006 and 18 coal cars (that belong to the club)
All of the footage is in 1080p60. Some parts will be a bit dark, due to the FPS.
1st clip (00:00): KCS 4006 starts up and rolls out the coal train
2nd to 19th clips (01:05): Coal train rolls by at various points of the layout
23rd clip (12:55): KCS 4006 ties down the coal train for the day
24th clip (14:22): Outtake - Don’t stand so close to me!
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