Great work! Good to know it was just minor issues with the owner applied paint job on the plug. Not sure why people would paint the plugs. It is not that bad of an eye sore, and you will rarely if ever see the plug in action. I own 2 T1's and I never see the plug during operation.
yea idk man, I guess he didnt realize the plug is meant for electrical contact? he deliberately painted just the plug and did a pretty good job of it too, he didnt get any black paint around the plug area
What a nice surprise! I have a Paragon 2 PRR T1 as well. It's a good locomotive itself, but it doesn't go without saying it went through decoders like there was no tomorrow.
wow, no way, how many decoders did it eat up? Haha, we'll see if this paragon 2 T1 fails on me, but if its like my other 7 paragon 2 locos, it should last a while! Cheers!
@@trainman440 I think in total it ate up 5 or 6 decoders. Finally sent it to BLI where they basically got me a new engine lol. Good luck with yours. I haven't had issues with my other BLI locomotives
Nice one I have a T1 4-4-4-4 Paragon 3 and paid £550 new I'm from the UK it's not as built it's the modern built great engine. I have one engine in for rapair a AC-4 4-8-8-2 with smoke unit issues.
Impressive! I like the as built version. The rebuilt version looks kinda- (creepy?) To me. Also, I finally got a brass engine working. It was a modified sunset models Southern Pacific D1
I can see that, but for me the as built front with the lack of ladders and covered cylinders makes it looks like a chunky box in the front instead of a loco...the modernized one looks more industrial. tbh I dont really like either but I can sorta tolerate the modernized one!
@@name5528 wow does that thing look odd. non vanderbuilt tender, a 2-10-0 with Stephenson valve gear, very strange! yea it could definitely use a new paint job
I joined a club and they recommended I install one of those Keep-alive Capacitors. However I heard that the T1 is a Nightmare to take apart and Im afraid of messing up my $600 Baby
You paid $600 for yours? holy shoot! I paid $200 for this one lol. I understand the fear of damaging your engine, and while I wont say its easy, I will say its probably the easiest ho articulated steam loco Ive taken apart before. Others (like bachmann's 2-6-6-2 or proto 2000 2-8-8-2) are much harder to take apart and also more delicate. Just take your time and work on a soft towel.
question. if a locomotive is not workking but the sound still works and when you idle up the throttle like if your moving it and it wont go, would it be the motor or the decoder?
very likely its the motor or mechanism. If the engine in question is a broadway limited locomotive, you can narrow it down further: 1. if there's still chuffing sounds when you turn up the throttle then its actually the gearing/driveshaft that's slipping 2. if there isnt chuffing sounds when you turn up the throttle then it is a motor failure. Note that the above only applies to Broadway limited or MTH locomotives. Hope this helps.
@@parts323 I feel that, I hate paragon 3, the chuffs sound weird (especially on the L1s), the sound quality doesnt sound better, and honestly with the exception of the whistle recordering, I prefer the par 2 sound files. That, and also the whole paragon 3 high current draw 3 pole motor debacle that made BLI offer free repairs to many buyers. The T1 model itself also isnt very detailed. The front has no separate details, all the grab irons are molded on which is very disappointing. The boiler also has pipes which are all molded on. A bit ridiculous for $350. But even I cant deny the beauty this model has!
They are a high quality company which makes good products. You cant judge them from this video, this was a used producted that didnt run due to user incompetence by the original owner, not BLI. Cheers!
@@samsstrasburgrailroad8427 missing details...from the factory? or used? Ive owned around 15 BLI locos over the years. I got 2 friends who each got 20 BLI locos...none has had any major issues...one guy had a bad motor and another with a bad decoder but bli replaced it free of charge
@@trainman440 new in box, I'm assuming it's a shipping thing. I haven't got any BLI but I want a T1 or a M1. Just ordered a Bachmann Spectrum K4 #1361. Speaking of which, any advice for owning it? Do Bachmann couplers work with Kadees
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I got the Pennsylvania Railroad class T1 Duplex for Christmas and my dad got it brand new. It works well
nice!
Great work! Good to know it was just minor issues with the owner applied paint job on the plug. Not sure why people would paint the plugs. It is not that bad of an eye sore, and you will rarely if ever see the plug in action. I own 2 T1's and I never see the plug during operation.
yea idk man, I guess he didnt realize the plug is meant for electrical contact? he deliberately painted just the plug and did a pretty good job of it too, he didnt get any black paint around the plug area
What a nice surprise! I have a Paragon 2 PRR T1 as well. It's a good locomotive itself, but it doesn't go without saying it went through decoders like there was no tomorrow.
wow, no way, how many decoders did it eat up? Haha, we'll see if this paragon 2 T1 fails on me, but if its like my other 7 paragon 2 locos, it should last a while! Cheers!
@@trainman440 I think in total it ate up 5 or 6 decoders. Finally sent it to BLI where they basically got me a new engine lol. Good luck with yours. I haven't had issues with my other BLI locomotives
Nice one I have a T1 4-4-4-4 Paragon 3 and paid £550 new I'm from the UK it's not as built it's the modern built great engine. I have one engine in for rapair a AC-4 4-8-8-2 with smoke unit issues.
nice!! wow thats a lot to pay for a bli T1, but I guess its what you get for modeling a US railroad from outside of the US...
@@trainman440 yeah but I like the USA locomotives
Impressive! I like the as built version. The rebuilt version looks kinda- (creepy?) To me.
Also, I finally got a brass engine working. It was a modified sunset models Southern Pacific D1
I can see that, but for me the as built front with the lack of ladders and covered cylinders makes it looks like a chunky box in the front instead of a loco...the modernized one looks more industrial. tbh I dont really like either but I can sorta tolerate the modernized one!
also aye! thats good news, please share!
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I am yet to put window glazing and lenses on the lights and Im not too happy with the paint job. (It used to be number 19 until the 9 came off)
@@name5528 wow does that thing look odd. non vanderbuilt tender, a 2-10-0 with Stephenson valve gear, very strange! yea it could definitely use a new paint job
I joined a club and they recommended I install one of those Keep-alive Capacitors. However I heard that the T1 is a Nightmare to take apart and Im afraid of messing up my $600 Baby
You paid $600 for yours? holy shoot! I paid $200 for this one lol. I understand the fear of damaging your engine, and while I wont say its easy, I will say its probably the easiest ho articulated steam loco Ive taken apart before. Others (like bachmann's 2-6-6-2 or proto 2000 2-8-8-2) are much harder to take apart and also more delicate. Just take your time and work on a soft towel.
Going to add dcc and sound to my steam locomotive as soon as I find one I like
indeed!
question. if a locomotive is not workking but the sound still works and when you idle up the throttle like if your moving it and it wont go, would it be the motor or the decoder?
very likely its the motor or mechanism. If the engine in question is a broadway limited locomotive, you can narrow it down further:
1. if there's still chuffing sounds when you turn up the throttle then its actually the gearing/driveshaft that's slipping
2. if there isnt chuffing sounds when you turn up the throttle then it is a motor failure.
Note that the above only applies to Broadway limited or MTH locomotives.
Hope this helps.
Looks like someone was chewing on that plug.
haha right??? looks awful
@@trainman440 You got a good deal. I have a Paragon 3 version and don't really know if I like it that much. I am seeing if it grows on me.
@@parts323 I feel that, I hate paragon 3, the chuffs sound weird (especially on the L1s), the sound quality doesnt sound better, and honestly with the exception of the whistle recordering, I prefer the par 2 sound files. That, and also the whole paragon 3 high current draw 3 pole motor debacle that made BLI offer free repairs to many buyers.
The T1 model itself also isnt very detailed. The front has no separate details, all the grab irons are molded on which is very disappointing. The boiler also has pipes which are all molded on. A bit ridiculous for $350. But even I cant deny the beauty this model has!
@@trainman440 To a degree, I agree with you. I got my T1 for $285, so not that bad of a deal.
@@parts323 thats not bad! what dont you like about the t1? the sound? performance? detail? paint? or youre not a fan of the prototype altogether?
From what I hear, Broadway is a hit or miss company
They are a high quality company which makes good products. You cant judge them from this video, this was a used producted that didnt run due to user incompetence by the original owner, not BLI. Cheers!
@@trainman440 my friends have had trouble with them. Broken wheels, missing details, stalling motors
@@samsstrasburgrailroad8427 missing details...from the factory? or used? Ive owned around 15 BLI locos over the years. I got 2 friends who each got 20 BLI locos...none has had any major issues...one guy had a bad motor and another with a bad decoder but bli replaced it free of charge
@@trainman440 new in box, I'm assuming it's a shipping thing. I haven't got any BLI but I want a T1 or a M1. Just ordered a Bachmann Spectrum K4 #1361. Speaking of which, any advice for owning it? Do Bachmann couplers work with Kadees
@@samsstrasburgrailroad8427 i had 5 broadway limited paragon 3 engines bought in the last 4 years and all of them have stopped working