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OK guys and girls here's a video of the first run of my S2 kit.
I started with 12 Accucraft PFE reefers and later added 6 USA Trains boxcars and a scratchbuilt boxcar and caboose. I was going to add more, but a thunderstorm came up (listen for the thunder)and I had to make a run for it.
It ran great first time. On the cold start there was some condensate that squirted out of the draincocks, but in subsequent runs only a few drops came out of the drains. Pulling this load the engine used lots of water and the axle pump barely kept up so I had to use the hand pump sometimes.
On the first run there was no oil residue on the stack and smokebox and I was a little worried about the lubricator function. Finally during the second and subsequent runs the oil started to collect on the smokebox. I attribute this to the rather long line from oil reservoir to steam inlet. Make sure you put lots of oil in your steamchest and cylinder before you close it up since it may take some time for the steam oil to circulate on first run.
The engine got better with each run although it easily pulled 12 cars with some wheel slip on my first run.
Watch for the train wreck about 2/3 into the video. No trains were injured or killed during the filming of this video!
Total build time was approx. 45 hours. Enjoy!/DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/wow.gif



I started with 12 Accucraft PFE reefers and later added 6 USA Trains boxcars and a scratchbuilt boxcar and caboose. I was going to add more, but a thunderstorm came up (listen for the thunder)and I had to make a run for it.
It ran great first time. On the cold start there was some condensate that squirted out of the draincocks, but in subsequent runs only a few drops came out of the drains. Pulling this load the engine used lots of water and the axle pump barely kept up so I had to use the hand pump sometimes.
On the first run there was no oil residue on the stack and smokebox and I was a little worried about the lubricator function. Finally during the second and subsequent runs the oil started to collect on the smokebox. I attribute this to the rather long line from oil reservoir to steam inlet. Make sure you put lots of oil in your steamchest and cylinder before you close it up since it may take some time for the steam oil to circulate on first run.
The engine got better with each run although it easily pulled 12 cars with some wheel slip on my first run.
Watch for the train wreck about 2/3 into the video. No trains were injured or killed during the filming of this video!
Total build time was approx. 45 hours. Enjoy!/DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/wow.gif