We had another great day for steamin here in Houston. Got videos of all the engines except our host. He spent most of his timme with me and my S2. I ran out of tape before he ran his SRRL 24, which ran great.

 

 

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Harlan

The transporter is working fine. We probably have more, but there are Three that I have run on that are setup for Steam.   Zube Park, John Frank's Garden Railroad and Steve Speck;s elevated.

  I am sure there are more but none that I have run on. We have a great time at any of the trhree places.

Art

 

By the way the music in some of the clip is to drown out some of the vocal verbage.

The S-2 looks really good with that train of heavyweights - not really a test of its hauling power, I'm certain!  Not certain about the German thunderboxes behind the FS- but hey, it's your trainset. 

 

Another great video to put in the store - thanks.

 

tac

Jeff

 The camera I use is a JVC model GR-D77ou. It uses tape. I presume it is analog. H--- I dont know. I know it would work od a drop down flat car and work on a parallel (sic} track.

  I had not thought about the push pole. No wonder my knees and back were hurting so bad after the video I made at John Franks.

 

Thanks again for your work on the S-2 and the "Reno".

 

The camera was about 250.00   maybe less now.

 

I have strted using Pinnacle's "Studio Plus" editing program. Learning a little more each time I use it. Lot's of good editing stuff that can help when you begin to transfer from source of video to finished  video.

Dear Mr use-coal - please don't be so touchy.  I'm lucky enough over here in UK to see the real FS whenever I care to, and was simply remarking that it looked very different hauling dark-green German passenger cars instead of the usual LNER teak, maroon or blood and custard mainline passenger stock that we see it hauling here.  You see, here in UK we never see German passenger cars on our track - they are all simply too high or wide, or both, and AFAIK, FS has never been to Germany to run on THEIR tracks.  

 

I was not criticising either your choice of locomotives, your passenger cars or casting aspersions on how you spend your money. 

 

As I noted in my post, it's your trainset - for all I care you can haul a couple of dozen dancing chicken or bubble-blowing cars.  Behind the FS they'd look just as unusual to me.  

 

tac

http://www.ovgrs.org/ 

I did not mean to sound touchy.  I did not feel that way.  I was just commenting on why the FS had those cars behind it.

 

Sorry about that.

 

Dave

Sorry to have to put you right.   These old-style passenger cars [four and six wheel versions alike]  are called 'Donnerkisten' by their German passengers - 'thunderboxes' in English. 

 

tac

Sir - you is forgived.

 

tac

Google translates "thunder crate" into "donner kiste"; though that doesn't answer the question about origin.  Were the cars noisy?

Garrett