Steve, Kurt and Dick, THANK YOU guys
, for the VERY KIND words
.
Steve, scenery complements coming from YOU means a lot, THANKS!
Kurt, i too, will NEVER get tired of pics off YOUR layout
.(so keep posting them
)
Dick, your right, the cab forward IS an Intermountain:thumb:. couple things about this engine;
1- they recommend AT LEAST 24R curves to run it on...they are not kidding. unlike Atherans Challengers and Big Boys, Intermountains cab forward is made PROTOTYPICALLY, what i mean is, in real life the articulated engines first set(closest to the cab) of drivers were stationary, and the second set would swivel, Intermountains cab forward is set up like that, Atherans articulated engines are not, BOTH sets of drivers on them swivel, making them more forgivable on 22R curves. the cab forward runs good on dads layout except in two spots, as you go into the largest town on his layout, and as you leave it, the curves are just a little to sharp for this engine and it jumps the track
. not a big deal, in just over a year my son and i will be moving from my small apartment and i have plans for an "around the room" layout with 30-32R curves:thumb:.
2- this engine is HEAVY and geared REAL LOW, i am guessing it will pull quite a few cars even though it doesn't have any rubber on its drivers. i spent about an hour on the CV's adjusting the speed curve to get maximum speed, though i got it to run faster, you sure wouldn't use this engine for "fast freight"tooth1.
Considering the small amount of time i have spent with this engine
ops
about 3hours total running time)i feel for $224.00 Intermountains DC "DCC READY" cab forward is an EXCELLENT ENGINE:thumb:. an engine such as this for that price is a FANTSTIC DEAL!:thumb: KEY NOTES: minimum radius 24R, it has STUPENDOUS DETAILING, and putting a regular OR sound decoder in it is VERY EASY:thumb:, it will take about 6mins, if it takes you longer, well,...thats your faulttooth1.
announce1 KEEP THOSE PIC's COMING FOLKS!
-Deano
