10-19-2011, 02:08 PM
New Athearn U50 on test run, showing tight clearance at Tunnel 4-1/2
Passing a welding crew working on the crossing at Crucero:
The only complaint I have about either the turbine or the U50 is that their speed curves don't seem to match anything else. If I were on DCC, I could maybe fiddle with that (though from what I understand, it isn't a slam dunk), but I'm not. Even so, I ran the turbine by itself on a 15 car reefer block on a layout tour earlier this year, no problems over 2 days. I'll probably get a second U50 to run satisfyingly long trains.
Passing a welding crew working on the crossing at Crucero:
The only complaint I have about either the turbine or the U50 is that their speed curves don't seem to match anything else. If I were on DCC, I could maybe fiddle with that (though from what I understand, it isn't a slam dunk), but I'm not. Even so, I ran the turbine by itself on a 15 car reefer block on a layout tour earlier this year, no problems over 2 days. I'll probably get a second U50 to run satisfyingly long trains.