Saturday, November 7, 2015

PROJECT COMPLETED: C&BQ Silver Streak

 I'm proud to announce that I completed the CB&Q Silver Streak N Scale project! It runs really great. I even purchased the CB&Q 9911A Silver Pilot which is one of the very last surviving EMD E5 locomotive. I loved running it. It looked like the real CB&Q 9911A at the Illinois Railroad Museum. The cars looked very detailed as well. The CB&Q 9909A Silver Bullet comes with the CB&Q Silver Streak Starter set. So I had to purchase CB&Q Silver Pilot separately. Mostly, I used 9911A on the layout instead of 9909A which I will most likely use as a backup locomotive. The next N Scale train project is being determined. But at this point, it's going to be the Santa Fe Super Chief. It's going to take a while to complete this project so I stay tuned for updates on the Super Chief project.



PROJECT COMPLETED: Kato Sound Box

Sorry I haven't been posting in a while. But two weeks ago, I purchased the Kato Sound Box. It works great with my N scale trains! Setting up the Kato Sound Box to the layout was easy. I loved the sounds which make it very realistic to the actual diesel/steam locomotives. The Sound Box does run it in HO Scale too. Since I don't run that scale, I don't have much feedback on that. In the Kato Sound Box package comes with a 1st Generation Diesel sound card. It would work best on a diesel locomotive such as an F3, E8 or an F7. There are also three different types of horns available on the sound card and I chose different horns that would fit that locomotive. I also purchased another sound card that Kato had available which was the GS-4/FEF-3 sound card. I had to get it because I have BOTH of those steam locomotives. When I listened to the whistles, I was able to switch from the famous GS-4 whistle to the FEF-3 whistle. There is also a air horn that 4449 has. The air horn is included in the sound card as well. I rarely use it but it's nice to have. I still use the Sound Box whenever I run my trains especially with the GS-4 and the FEF-3. It's so worth my money. I can't wait to add more sound cards to the collection.