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https://youtu.be/LklejBHzx-U

Have you tried using a touch of glue?

I use an LGB Stainz loco (I have 2 which I interchange, and a Chloe which can only pull the battery car and maybe a caboose) to pull about 8 cars around a 14 foot diameter curve in my front yard 12 hours a day.  I have a xmas 10-wheeler, which will completely - well, not do great - working 12 hours shifts outside.  However, I'd like to possibly have it in tow.  Has anyone done this?  Or would you?   

Of course, I'd need to add a front coupler, remove the weight and gear box...

This voltage meter can be at your door overnight from Amazon.  I have no idea why the link is a whole paragraph. 

https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Multimeter-MSR-R500-Electronic-Multimeters/dp/B01N9QW620/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=voltmeter&qid=1607037598&sr=8-3-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExRE9BRE5FVVpEUVhJJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDk3MTg1MkdHVlNQM0MwMEVLSCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwOTUwMDIxMUFNSTRLUTIwWjM0OCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

Near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

My apologies.  It was on NS territory with 100% NS rolling stock, so I assumed the locos were NS-owned.  It was a "CSX" covered how tomorrow moves paint scheme, a lease, and non-repainted conrail.

Today, I encountered a 3-switcher-pulled NS local.  The first was purchased from CSX, with a blue patch over the "CSX" letters, the second was unpainted leased, and the third was NS patch CSX scheme.  I know this is all normal, but c'mon Norfolk Southern!  You need me to come over there and paint??

Any time.  I'd be happy to go through the process and send a video.  Keep an eye open in the next day or two...  Trust me, not as scary as it may seem!!

Ah, I understand where you are coming from.  Try the attached video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMMGWNX6AsI

The CV calculator was included in my above post.

Are you using CV 17/18/29?  I hear people try to change the address other ways and this is not usually successful for me.

https://www.digitrax.com/support/cv/calculators/

All very true

Wow!  I appreciate you bringing up this topic.  As an officer at my club, I do understand this point of view, and - don't get me wrong - it is something that I've thought about much more than just a little bit.  My club is all HO, so you have to be intentionally trying really hard to get even a small zap from that.  However, for the larger scales, I understand that this can pose a possible threat.  While, like you, I can't imagine anyone getting killed from touching a train, in today's sue-happy world we just can't rely on people to "follow the rules".  Insurance is hundreds of dollars a year wasted on making sure someone doesn't just come along, fake an injury and "sue, sue, sue!".  Like you're saying, trains have lead, grease, and plenty of other things in them that would be - well - not great to put inside of a person.

...but back to electricity.  HO scale "higher-voltage" power supplies are used only when large concentrations of locomotives are on the track.  With this power being split up to so many sources, you still can't feel anything when you lay a finger across the rails.  However, with the little ones peeking under curtains and "exploring" around, you ever know where they can stick their hand.  One worry of mine is, with our Digitrax system, the stripped cord from the wall into the box.  Of course, there's plenty of insulation, but they call it a "death cable" for a reason.

Like anything, you can choke from eating food, but we all do it.  You can trip when you walk, but we all walk.  You can drown in the shower, but we still bathe.  Risks are associated with everything we do.  After much thinking, I've come to the conclusion that I can rest easy knowing I've taken all the necessary precautions and more in ensuring a safe and positive guest experience.  Combined with insurance, I know that on the 0.00000001% chance that anything happens, the club will be okay.

Besides, maybe they should have kid insurance at train shows.  You know how many things of mine have been grabbed by a kid, damaged, sometimes fallen to the floor...  Yeah, maybe there should be an insurance policy taken out by them to pay my damages.  

Genuinely, though, thank you for sharing this topic.  It is something that should definitely be taken into account more.  I feel like most of us fall somewhere in the middle on this one, and that there isn't one definite answer.

I'm not extremely familiar with the whole Thomas character "cast", but I'm familiar with the politics of how these models tend to get made.  The consensus seems to be that two different locomotives are wanted.  I do not think that two different complex locomotives would be released close to each other, for example Gordon and Edward.  However, two locomotives where perhaps at least some of the tooling and molds could be reused would be a better argument.  For example, Bill and Ben, Arry and Bert (for which the mold exist already for "Diesel")...

I don't think you need to scratch build any parts, just order it from service.

GP40 in BNSF livery, correct?