SD 28 C&O diesel

This SD28 diesel engine is an excellent runner (Lionel 18834, blt. 1994). It has six powered wheels and is able to run at very low speeds. I let it run with a group of box cars (9706, 9715, 9426), a depressed flat car and a caboose (9167). The 9426 is by far the nicest box car. The depressed car is restored and still unnumbered. I reacon that it could either have been a search light car or a transformer car. Since, the car arrived in poor state and the numbers were unreadable, I just painted it nicely and left it unnumbered for the time being.

Modern B&O train

This B&O train is run by a GP9 diesel (Lionel 28514, blt. 2000). It is nice running diesel that pulls long trains and still runs smoothly. It has a horn which sounds a bit like a door chime. In tight curves its wheels will sometimes slip. It pulls a 9130 covered hopper (blt. 1970), a 9701 double door box car (blt. 1972), a Sentinal box car (from boxcar set #3, 1996), a 9783 Timesaver box car (blt. 1977), a 26042 Gondola (blt. 2003) and a 26570 red caboose (blt. 2002). All nice cars that run great. The hopper cover must have been added during the years, because it was originally sold without a cover.

Modern Reading train

This steam train is composed of 4-4-2 Reading steam engine 8402 (blt. 1984), two green hoppers 16460 (blt. 2002), a gondola with coil covers 17405 (blt. 1994) and a bay window caboose 6439 (blt. 1984). It is a very smooth running train that is able to run very slowly. It forms small smoke puffs while running. The caboose has a bit jumpy third rail connector and needs a new spring. Twenty years ago I added some light sewing machine oil in the chimney and it still smokes, although the smell of the smoke is less attractive nowadays.