Just a quick video while I was running trains ...
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Just a quick video while I was running trains ...
Following on my spring cleaning and some ballast issues, I decided to fix those as well as finishing up on ballasting around the double-slip switch D2. As of now, all painted tracks have been ballasted!
Ok, I still need to finishing the center of the double slip ....
Since I didn't have the ECoS by the test bench when I added new engines during the winter, I had to now add them to the ECoS; with two challenges:
In a previous post, I mentioned that one of my BB 16000 from REE was unresponsive on the test bench. I tried putting it on the layout and it immediately shorted and I heard something popping and a bad smell.
Here's a picture from the previous post:
And here where it popped:
And it left traces of smoke on the connectors to the pantographs ...
Here's my ČD 359 Západní expres running from München to Praha in 2019.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/cosmostrainadventures/40558916783/ |
Here's the original on vagonweb.cz.
In HO scale, it is as follow:
Description | Image | Reference | In stock |
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ČD 362 | MTB HOCD362-040 | ✔ | |
ČD Bdmpee | ACME 55293 | ✔ | |
ČD Bdmpee | ACME 55293 | ✔ | |
DLB ABbmdz | ACME 55199 | ✔ | |
DLB Bmz | ACME 55199 | ✔ |
And here's the video:
Pretty much like every year, I did a nice clean-up of the layout, the tracks, and the train room. I cleaned the tracks with the rubber and ran the Roco cleaner afterwards.
You can clearly see the difference: clean on the right and not so clean on the left with cat hair ...
While cleaning the tracks, I have to be careful not damaging the ballast. Unrelated, but it just so happens that some of the ballast didn't hold well to the vacuum. I'm not sure if it wasn't glued properly or if it got damaged through the winter because of temperature differences and UV light ...
But, at least, trains are running again!!
I got a couple of new engines and since I temporally fixed my issue for Roco models, I updated those as well.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/191979005@N08/53941406201/ |
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/philstephenrichards/5976062234/ |
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/136314743@N04/41657962420/ |
I bought this one because it was deeply discounted. I'm not sure just yet for which composition I will use it, but I know Rh 1044 is a very common engine for ÖBB.
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https://www.roco.cc/ren/70434-electric-locomotive-104401-obb.html |
It got address #1014:
Check this post to see the pictures. I post here only the decoder with address #1116:
For the EC 73 "Smetana" Prague – Brno Hbf., I needed a ÖBB 1216!
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https://www.bahnbilder.de/bild/oesterreich~e-loks~br-1216-e-190/633604/1216-233-oebb-mit-ec-73.html |
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https://www.roco.cc/ren/7510032-electric-locomotive-1216-227-9-obb.html |
Check this post to see the pictures. I post here only the decoder with address #1857:
This is a diesel engine for my "Nordsee Express" train. I made a post about it here. As mentioned on that page, there's a special edition of the BR 218 in cream and blue livery, but it is sold out. Instead, I'm purchased the main Roco model that works well too.
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https://www.reisezugwagen.eu/?p=45150 |
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https://www.roco.cc/ren/products/locomotives/diesel-locomotives/7310010-diesel-locomotive-218-150-1-db.html |
This is a new InterCity composition with a new livery for HLE 28 from SNCB:
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/193935765@N02/54192880310/ |