I also wish you luck on double heading 2102 with 425. I did that. However 425 was a tad bit faster and louder too. But you can run them together if you’d like. My 2102 in the Iron Horse Rambles scheme is so cool. It has golden color grab irons like the real ones had. Also, did you use a syringe to add smoke fluid? Broadway recommends you use a syringe to add smoke fluid because of the smoke reservoir. You have to inject around the reservoir.
Thanks for the tip on double heading them. I use my speedometer and JMRI to synchronize the speed and usually can get them close enough to avoid problems. JMRI also lets me adjust the sound levels to match. When I do run them as a consist, I cheat and use the same DCC ID for both. That lets them both get the same signals for sound and helps too. I do use a syringe with a fine needle point to fuel the smoker. But this one did not smoke at all, even when it was new from the box. BLI usually ships it with a little smoke fluid in it to start with to avoid that issue. My son will probably run it down to the hobby shop this weekend while I am stuck at work. They will be able to tell me what is wrong, and they have a great working relationship with BLI for repairs if necessary.
The only thing I use to control DCC and Sound equipped locomotives is the Bachmann EZ Command Control Center. It unfortunately has no CV changes. But it was worth trying.
It never hurts to try. That is one advantage I have though, a proper (sort of) DCC command station. I started with DC, then moved to DCC using the Digitrax Zephyr command station. I did not care for it too much because of the way the throttle acts when you switch trains ( a regular hard wired throttle so the new train gets the throttle setting from the train you were using). I upgraded to one of their mid range command stations where I had to buy hand throttles and we now use the Zephyr for my son's HO layout. He keeps a hand throttle plugged in so he doesn't have the same problem and uses the Zephyr only for a third train.
I’m afraid you got some of your history on the T1s wrong. There first wheel arrangement were 2-8-0s. Then 4-8-4s in 1945. Your Chessie System 2101 looks great. However you should have gotten 2102 lettered for just the Reading Co. or Iron Horse Rambles. You got the one lettered for “Blue Mountain and Reading”. It’s not BM&R anymore. It’s RBMN. But the one lettered as Reading works. Well you got what you got. And I don’t mean to slightly criticize you. I understand you’re old. And old people don’t always get there history right. And in case you don’t know there are 4 of these T1 Northerners in existence. 2102 on the RBMN. 2101 is on display at the B&O Railroad Museum as AFT #1. 2124 is on display at the Steamtown National Historic Site. And believe it or not, 2100 is in the process of being restored to operating condition. And will be an oil burner.
Thanks for correcting the history part. I always appreciate someone posting when I get the facts wrong. My preference for the 2012 was the one I got. I will admit I did not pay enough attention to the pictures BLI put up, which show the Blue Mountain and Northern lettering, but they did list it as the RBMN in the description. I tend to go with the description more than the pictures. While I can see Reading working, if it is not 100% correct, either one would work well enough. And thanks, I did not know they had AFT #1 in the B&O museum. Is it restored to the Freedom Train paint scheme? And I am glad to hear they are restoring 2100. We need to do more to keep the classics alive and running.
2101 is painted as AFT #1 at the B&O railroad museum. 2124 is on display at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton PA. 2100 truly is undergoing restoration. Someday it will be fully operational. It will burn recycled vegetable oil. And even better, it will be painted in the AFT colors like 2121 to celebrate Americas 250th starting in 2026. I hope SP GS-4 4449 will also join the 250 AFT tour painted in her beautiful AFT colors as well.
I would love to see all three locomotives that pulled the AFT restored to its colors and running. Let's not forget the T&P #610 that pulled it in Texas. Of course, I don't know if #610 is still available for restoration.
Yes. T&P 610 did pull the AFT only on the Texas portion of the tour. But yes, no one knows if there’s a green light to restore T&P 610 back to operational condition. I predict the next 3 locomotives to pull the AFT will be T1 2100, SP GS-4 4449 and N&W J class 611.
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I also wish you luck on double heading 2102 with 425. I did that. However 425 was a tad bit faster and louder too. But you can run them together if you’d like. My 2102 in the Iron Horse Rambles scheme is so cool. It has golden color grab irons like the real ones had. Also, did you use a syringe to add smoke fluid? Broadway recommends you use a syringe to add smoke fluid because of the smoke reservoir. You have to inject around the reservoir.
Thanks for the tip on double heading them. I use my speedometer and JMRI to synchronize the speed and usually can get them close enough to avoid problems. JMRI also lets me adjust the sound levels to match. When I do run them as a consist, I cheat and use the same DCC ID for both. That lets them both get the same signals for sound and helps too.
I do use a syringe with a fine needle point to fuel the smoker. But this one did not smoke at all, even when it was new from the box. BLI usually ships it with a little smoke fluid in it to start with to avoid that issue. My son will probably run it down to the hobby shop this weekend while I am stuck at work. They will be able to tell me what is wrong, and they have a great working relationship with BLI for repairs if necessary.
The only thing I use to control DCC and Sound equipped locomotives is the Bachmann EZ Command Control Center. It unfortunately has no CV changes. But it was worth trying.
It never hurts to try. That is one advantage I have though, a proper (sort of) DCC command station. I started with DC, then moved to DCC using the Digitrax Zephyr command station. I did not care for it too much because of the way the throttle acts when you switch trains ( a regular hard wired throttle so the new train gets the throttle setting from the train you were using). I upgraded to one of their mid range command stations where I had to buy hand throttles and we now use the Zephyr for my son's HO layout. He keeps a hand throttle plugged in so he doesn't have the same problem and uses the Zephyr only for a third train.
I’m afraid you got some of your history on the T1s wrong. There first wheel arrangement were 2-8-0s. Then 4-8-4s in 1945. Your Chessie System 2101 looks great. However you should have gotten 2102 lettered for just the Reading Co. or Iron Horse Rambles. You got the one lettered for “Blue Mountain and Reading”. It’s not BM&R anymore. It’s RBMN. But the one lettered as Reading works. Well you got what you got. And I don’t mean to slightly criticize you. I understand you’re old. And old people don’t always get there history right. And in case you don’t know there are 4 of these T1 Northerners in existence. 2102 on the RBMN. 2101 is on display at the B&O Railroad Museum as AFT #1. 2124 is on display at the Steamtown National Historic Site. And believe it or not, 2100 is in the process of being restored to operating condition. And will be an oil burner.
Thanks for correcting the history part. I always appreciate someone posting when I get the facts wrong.
My preference for the 2012 was the one I got. I will admit I did not pay enough attention to the pictures BLI put up, which show the Blue Mountain and Northern lettering, but they did list it as the RBMN in the description. I tend to go with the description more than the pictures. While I can see Reading working, if it is not 100% correct, either one would work well enough.
And thanks, I did not know they had AFT #1 in the B&O museum. Is it restored to the Freedom Train paint scheme? And I am glad to hear they are restoring 2100. We need to do more to keep the classics alive and running.
2101 is painted as AFT #1 at the B&O railroad museum. 2124 is on display at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton PA. 2100 truly is undergoing restoration. Someday it will be fully operational. It will burn recycled vegetable oil. And even better, it will be painted in the AFT colors like 2121 to celebrate Americas 250th starting in 2026. I hope SP GS-4 4449 will also join the 250 AFT tour painted in her beautiful AFT colors as well.
I would love to see all three locomotives that pulled the AFT restored to its colors and running. Let's not forget the T&P #610 that pulled it in Texas. Of course, I don't know if #610 is still available for restoration.
Yes. T&P 610 did pull the AFT only on the Texas portion of the tour. But yes, no one knows if there’s a green light to restore T&P 610 back to operational condition. I predict the next 3 locomotives to pull the AFT will be T1 2100, SP GS-4 4449 and N&W J class 611.
Thanks for insulting "old people". There are plenty of "young people" like you with not a clue. Have you ever made a mistake?