The Most Expensive Locomotive I've Bought To Date BLI Big Boy Review

[@D_R-G_S]

Lucky, have fun with it!

[@michaelfedora5630]

Make sure you have the Scale Trains water tanker set of 2 units in Union Pacific. This completes the set.

[@thegrandrailfan]

@@michaelfedora5630 i do have the scale trains water tenders the up heritage fleet uses and also have a few of the up heritage passenger cars including the flagged baggage and experience the UP baggage cars

[@markadams6854]

I hope he has about 26 degree turns

[@thegrandrailfan]

@@markadams6854 minimum curve required for this engine is 22 and i have 18, 22 and 26 inch radius curves on my layout so im good

[@danshobbies13]

For the price of it, how does it not have a flickering firebox?

[@thegrandrailfan]

@@danshobbies13 if it did have one i cant see it because the back of the cab is enclosed

[@michaelfedora5630]

Have 3 big boys Riverossi, DC needs to be changed over with an ESU sound decoder. 2 is the BLI 4014 same as yours. 3 the Athearns genisis DCC 4014 all gorgeous babies

[@thegrandrailfan]

@@michaelfedora5630 3 big boys is crazy i love it i have 3 cab forwards been wanting to get an athearn big boy with sound as well

[@derekalexander4030]

Great locomotive, they are beautiful.

[@RailRide]

_"I've had this locomotive for almost a year and haven't run it..."_ I know that feeling...but in O scale. 😵

[@thegrandrailfan]

@@RailRide oh no ive ran this locomotive a hand full of times before making this video its just usually when i get a new train i make the video very soon after i get it and not a year after i got the new train but yeah i dont run this big boy very often since its a really expensive model

[@RailRide]

@@thegrandrailfan That was my pattern as well, most of my channel is comprised of stuff I had in storage prior to my first "permanent" place to run it, and I would put up a consist, run it around a few times, making a video of the session, and then adding the consist to my inventory records as I put it away to make room for the next train (my current setup can only accommodate one train at a time). In time it shifted to running new acquisitions like you described, with the expectation of mixing in older equipment in order to catch up on inventorying them. In recent years this tactic has also bogged down from a sharp influx of new equipment outpacing storage space and other demands on my time As a result I have a number of pricey acquisitions that _should_ have appeared in videos by now (including two Big Boys, a Challenger, Class A and an Allegheny), but are part of a three-ish year backlog of run sessions yet to take place.

[@brucehathaway7573]

I got the same Model for $300 less then the one you got

[@thegrandrailfan]

@@brucehathaway7573 nice what brand was it?