Monthly Archives: January 2007

I had the time today so I shot the video of the model Blue Comet with its ten car passenger consist. It actually came out rather well.  In response to a request, toward the end of the video I panned … Continue reading →

With the arrival of the three additional Blue Comet cars (which makes a total of ten) I thought that I'd shoot a video of the classy blue CNJ Pacific locomotive hauling its expanded ten car consist.  Putting it on the … Continue reading →

I'm impressed — in less than 48 hours, the video of the Big Boy with its new auxiliary tender has been viewed more than 500 times!  I'm even more impressed that the MPEG-4 version has as many views as the … Continue reading →

I've now posted a short (40 second) video of the Big Boy in action with the PS2-converted auxiliary tender.  You can find it on the Multimedia page of my main web site .

I've been hunting for a long time for a 20-3022 UP auxiliary tender for my UP Big Boys.  I finally found one at a decent price and it came in the other day. Since I've converted both Big Boys to … Continue reading →

MTH has announced that certain steam locomotives in their 2007 Vol. 1 catalog will have enhanced details (such as scale-sized smokebox door hinges) and will also have the tether connections between the locomotive and tender concealed in the drawbar.  This … Continue reading →

To go along with the CNJ Blue Comet RPO car mentioned below, MTH has now released a two-car add-on set which contains a baggage care and a coach.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that the coach includes people preinstalled … Continue reading →

According to a newsletter that I recently received, MTH hasn't received enough orders from the 2007 Vol. 1 catalog to justify the production of four of the cataloged Premier steam locomotives (the kind that I tend to enjoy).  Those four … Continue reading →

As I previously mentioned, there's a Great Train Expo show this weekend at a new location in Somerset NJ.  We (CJDCS) were supposed to be there but, alas, Bob's family roped him in for a family function and doing the … Continue reading →