The Engineer

[full maxx]

Here is my little engineer for another run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEYzf6keoR0

[jettrainfan]

great video!

[pipefitter]

Nice vid You got a second SD-45? I remember when you were talking about it.

Robert

[full maxx]

yeah I figured what the hey...after break in they are a pretty close match and thanks for the kind comments

[lescar]

From the video, your training him pretty will,  most kids I know would want to watch them go full throttle.   

Les

[full maxx]

believe it or not he is extremely gentle with the train...he use to be afraid to back up to hitch the load and he goes very slow in reverse, for some reason he does not like to run full throttle...maybe it was me telling him from the beginning to be very gentle as the train is very fragile and will break easily...its the only thing he is gentle with lol

[jettrainfan]

Reminds me of when i was at my grandpa's train day(actually was thanksgiving but what the hey ) and i ran his scratch built 4-6-0 in G scale on 0.72 (goes from 0-0.99) and i accidentally pressed the restart button so it derailed and by the time i stopped it, the front wheels were clean off! Luckily, they were pop on style so no harm. ever sense i only run his 0-4-0 over 0.8 unless the battery is dying. Good lesson though.

[full maxx]

not sure what you are saying exactly

[jettrainfan]

i was running my grandpa's G scale 4-6-0 and the controller malfunctioned at more than half of it's top speed. it derailed and the lead wheels came off (so it looked like a 0-6-0). Good lesson why not to go fast.

(hopefully its a little clearer, if not well ... never mind )

[full maxx]

sorry no offense intended  I guess I was not reading it in the right frame of mind...my wife is coming home to me this weekend and I'm a little side tracked but I get it now...again sorry

[jettrainfan]

its OK