Post by bnsf971 on Dec 9, 2012 5:43:07 GMT -8
Good morning. I was able to get some train time in yesterday. I got my BLI 2-10-4 back from its second home at BLI's repair shop on Friday, and spent a couple of hours running it and tweaking the settings. I discovered for whatever reason, the traction tires that it came equipped with pretty much suck. I removed that driver set and installed the drivers that have no traction tires in place of them. Running was much improved, though pulling ability suffered quite a bit. I think part of the reason is the center driver is the main geared driver, and the one with the traction tires is the rear driver set. So, in order to counter this, I put Bullfrog Snot on a wheel on the fireman's side directly ahead of the main driver, and on the engineer's side on the wheel directly behind the main driver. I would rather have put it on both wheels of the main driver set, but since it is the center of a ten-coupled engine, it has blind drivers. We'll see if my idea works, or if I will have to remove the BS to keep the engine running smoothly.
Digitrax still has my Zephyr Xtra, we'll see what I get back in the mail from them.
MRC still has the sound decoder that blew all the light bulbs in my FP45, then did its own little imitation of Chernobyl. They say they are sending me a "new & improved" replacement. We'll see how that goes when it gets here. My Bowser C628 should be here tomorrow, so I'll have a pair of big Centuries. I got it off the closeout table when I went there a couple of weeks ago, but waited until I got home to pay for it. Shipping was cheaper than sales tax, though not by much.
Other than that, today is my wife's birthday. I'll be taking her out to dinner later. Have a great week, everybody.
Digitrax still has my Zephyr Xtra, we'll see what I get back in the mail from them.
MRC still has the sound decoder that blew all the light bulbs in my FP45, then did its own little imitation of Chernobyl. They say they are sending me a "new & improved" replacement. We'll see how that goes when it gets here. My Bowser C628 should be here tomorrow, so I'll have a pair of big Centuries. I got it off the closeout table when I went there a couple of weeks ago, but waited until I got home to pay for it. Shipping was cheaper than sales tax, though not by much.
Other than that, today is my wife's birthday. I'll be taking her out to dinner later. Have a great week, everybody.
I did get out back with the trains for jsut a bit last night, but until I make a "dent" today in getting the Christmas cards ready to be mailed, LD says, no trains. That's the 1st order of business. Then have to go to the store and exchange a jacket my son bought, as it has an incomplete seam on a sleeve and a hole in the left front pocket. 
At 20, he hasn't yet learned to look something over closely, before laying down the green. 
At least the BS seems to help. 31 cars & caboose isn't too bad on most any size layout!! 