Quad Steamers Photo Shoot

I was kind of bored and wanted to do a steam photo shoot of all of my steamers. Bachmann Spectrum USRA Light Mountain 4-8-2. Bachmann Spectrum C&O 2-8-8-2 Articulated w/ Vandy Tender. Kato D51 2-8-2 and finally Aru 9 0-6-0 Saddle tank.

Kato Series M250 Super Rail Cargo (U50A Container) Additional Eight Car Set (Add-on 8-Car Set)

Since I have the A-B set for the Kato Super Rail set I may as well get the 8 car Add on set. There's an auction on Yahoo Japan that I have a stake in and hope to win wish me luck. The three sets, 10-1418 + 10-1419 + 10-1723 comprise a complete Kato Super Rail Cargo 16-car set.

Which one do you like better?

 

Tomix Cleaning Car History

TOMIX makes the BEST track-cleaning car around and wanted to share a page of the history of TOMIX cleaning cars. 

https://jmtn.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/tomixs-cleaning-sytems/

This is my TOMIX 6422 track cleaning car.

My latest additions to the Koki collection, are KATO 10-1418+1419 M250 Super rail Cargo and TOMIX 10000 Koki.

A few things from RG showed up today.

Casco 11 car bookcase.

Kato Rail Cargo set.

Kofu Paper Rail Transporter.

JR103 Magazine.

GM Motor Unit.

TOMYTEC JR145

And a ton of assorted bogies couplers, kits, resistors etc.

DZ126T and Lok-Sound Micro 5 Decoder in KIYA97

There is no room in the cab of the KIYA97 so I went looking for alternative locations. The only other area was the underbody of the KIYA97. I had to Dremel away a small portion of a detail but that was it now comes the routing of the wires stay tuned. I also added magnets to the cab and the body of the KIYA97 to secure the cab.