Start Foaming..Lets See the STEAM!!!

[superturbine]

Somebody loves Golden State Steamers, I am with ya!!... I see mostly con-cor gs4s and at least 2 key gs3's and one key GS4

[UP4-8-8-4]

Great group pic Nato, impressive !
The Daylight GS engines has to be the best looking of all steamers ----------------------- 
I'll need to do a group pic of mine someday.



Ernie

[jdcolombo]

OK, I'll bite:









John C.

[up1950s]

Wow John there sure is alot on your "plate" . Very nice .

[kelticsylk]

For this reason I always install a separate decoder for motor control in the engine itself.  The TSU 750 is always only used for sound.  This setup also prevent expensive damage to a sound decoder.

Never even knew you could do that. Thanks for sharing the info.

[jdcolombo]

Never even knew you could do that. Thanks for sharing the info.

I do the same thing - Lenz silver mini in the boiler somewhere for motor control, and TSU750 in the tender.  I give the TSU the engine number as an address, and the Lenz gets the engine number +1000 (e.g., engine 779:  TSU is 779, Lenz is 1779).  Program them how I want using ops mode (on the main), consist them, and that's that.   I find that using a separate motor decoder also makes it easier to match the driver revolution to the chuffs (4 per revolution on simple twin-cylinder engines).  If I need to, I can program a speed table in the Lenz to get a precise match.

Here's a YouTube video with an example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUryHlnCSg_HXMoRcEupZWZw&feature=player_detailpage&v=kudjM0qjeS0

John C.

[UP4-8-8-4]

Another great roundhouse w/steamer pic !
And also in another of my favorite roads.




Ernie

[Nato]

            Challemger's on Nate Goodman's layout. The first photo shows them faced politically correct into the roundhouse's.Now I need to leingthen the stalls. Ramaining shots show all of them. Can you tell which ones are Brass 6,which ones are Athearn three,and which ones are Rivarossi Con Cor. There is one custom GN Challenger made from a Rivarossi . Nate Goodman (Nato).

[superturbine]

Hell Yeah Nato!!!!  Love it!   Way to keep the steam tread alive.  Great assortment of challengers.  Orential limited's challengers are the nicest detail wise.     

[draskouasshat]

Jason, i really want to post something in my temporary possession thats powered my coal........................................

[superturbine]

Jason, i really want to post something in my temporary possession thats powered my coal........................................

Post em!!  They will be in helper service of my steam!!!

[Nato]

    Oriental Limited Challengers are certainly the nicest detail wise,but myself and Bob Gilmore had to really go over them to get them to run, all kinds of shorts, some caused by detail parts.Nate Goodman (Nato).

[mark dance]

Train #12 starting the climb to Farron



and downgrade at Shields



md

[Cajonpassfan]

Mark, that's just beautiful! You're not thinking of backdating the railroad, are you? Or maybe bouncing between eras? Love it!
Otto K.

[mark dance]

Nope.  I just own three consolidateds and a handful of passenger cars so I like to recreate scenes from the golden era of the Southern BC Mainline to the coast ever once in a while!



thank you for the kind words.

md