05/16/07 -  New addition to the fleet.  This engine looks fantastic in all black.

 

06/09/07 -  After a bit of a wait the remaining engines arrived.  This is the final number that will be used to pull the 60 car coal train.

12/28/07 -  The conversion of the NS Dash-9s to MTH DCS is under way with four completed.   Their first day on the job was to put to fighting snow on the layout with the dual rotary.

 

1/6/08 -  The four new NS engines got their first shot at running the 100ft coal train.  NS#5 is awaiting a DCS board so Santa Fe #1 had to stand in as the pusher.  The set performed flawlessly.

 

4/6/08 -  All 5 Norfolk Southern Dash-9s take on the 100ft coal train for the first time.

 

 

 

 

Aristocraft Dash-9 Norfolk Southern:

                                              Select the version / quality you want to download:

   -  Video #8 - 1:40 mins  -  Test run of three newly converted NS Dash-9s to DCS

                   - 25MB/2100kbs - 12MB/1000kbs - 2MB/150kbs

   

    -  Video #9 - 2:24 mins  -  4 NS + 1SF Dash-9s pull the 60 car coal train

                   - 36MB/2100kbs - 18MB/1000kbs - 3MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

                                             -  Video #10 - 2:25 mins  -  4 NS + 1SF Dash-9s pull the 60 car coal train

                                                             - 36MB/2100kbs - 18MB/1000kbs - 3MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

                                             -  Video #11 - 2:14 mins  -  4 NS + 1SF Dash-9s pull the 60 car coal train

                                                             - 34MB/2100kbs - 17MB/1000kbs - 2MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

                                             -  Video #12 - 2:42 mins  -  4 NS + 1SF Dash-9s pull the 60 car coal train

                                                             - 41MB/2100kbs - 20MB/1000kbs - 3MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

                                             -  Video #13 - 1:05 mins  -  4 NS + 1SF Dash-9s pull the 60 car coal train

                                                             - 16MB/2100kbs - 8MB/1000kbs - 1MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

                                             -  Video #14 - 3:41 mins  -  4 NS + 1SF Dash-9s pull the 60 car coal train

                                                             - 56MB/2100kbs - 28MB/1000kbs - 4MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

100ft Coal Trains (x 2) - MTH Big Boys & Aristocraft Norfolk Southern Dash-9s:

 

                                             -  Video #1 - 4:27 mins  -  3 Big Boys and 5 NS Dash-9s take on their own 100ft coal trains

                                                            - 67MB/2100kbs - 33MB/1000kbs - 5MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

                                             -  Video #2 - 1:56 mins  -  3 Big Boys and 5 NS Dash-9s take on their own 100ft coal trains

                                                            - 29MB/2100kbs - 14MB/1000kbs - 2MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

                                             -  Video #3 - 4:31 mins  -  3 Big Boys and 5 NS Dash-9s take on their own 100ft coal trains

                                                            - 69MB/2100kbs - 33MB/1000kbs - 5MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

                                             -  Video #4 - 2:13 mins  -  3 Big Boys and 5 NS Dash-9s take on their own 100ft coal trains

                                                            - 34MB/2100kbs - 17MB/1000kbs - 2MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

                                             -  Video #5 - 3:42 mins  -  3 Big Boys and 5 NS Dash-9s take on their own 100ft coal trains

                                                            - 56MB/2100kbs - 27MB/1000kbs - 4MB/150kbs - YouTube HQ

 

 

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Read about the modifications done to these engines at the Modification link below.

 

Garden Railroad Modification, Repair & Maintenance

 

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