9/04/04 -  Photos taken soon after acquisition.

03/18/05 -  Photos taken after the engine body was lowered on the trucks 1/4".

Here is the 1/4" lowered Dash-9(1:29 scale) up against the 1:32 scale MTH Challenger.

 

For more information on the lowering project, please see:

Aristocraft Dash-9 Lowering Project

 

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07/12/05 -  Night Photos taken with the new Canon Digital Rebel XT.

 

 

07/27/05 -  More taken with the Rebel XT.

 

 

(Right-click and save-as the video before you play and it will run smoother.)

                                              Select the version / quality you want to download:

  

    -  Video #1 - 0:50 mins  -  Pulling Heavyweight passenger cars

                 -  13MB/2100kbs

 

    -  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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