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Super User 231 posts James Leighty Jim Leighty Super User 231 posts
James Leighty Jim Leighty

NYC passenger train #262 is making its early morning station stop at Maywood as a light drizzle is starting to fall.  An express car has been added and the engine change is nearly complete.  Soon, it will start its sprint eastward. What a lucky catch on this dismal cold spring morning!

Enjoy, Jim

 

 

Jim Leighty

Central New York and New England Railroad

Blog: https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/jim-leightys-blog-index-12227310

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James Leighty Jim Leighty Super User 231 posts
James Leighty Jim Leighty

Yes, it is a Kato RS-2

Yes, it is a Kato RS-2 in the early morning scene that I purchased in the light pacemaker passenger grey color.  I added a stack for a steam generator, weathering and added jumper wires from the trucks to the Tsunami decoder that I added instead of using the troublesome Kato brass contact strips.  They were causing big problems so I added the wires and the hesitation stopped.  The unit looks, runs and sounds great on my passenger trains.

 

Jim

Jim Leighty

Central New York and New England Railroad

Blog: https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/jim-leightys-blog-index-12227310

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Tom Patterson Frequent poster 628 posts
Tom Patterson

Neat Photo

Neat photo, Jim- the lighting is very effective. I made the same changes you did with the jumper wires on all of my engines and it's amazing the difference it makes. Nothing worse than a sound unit that keeps re-starting.

Tom Patterson
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