That little packet is silica gel. It is a desiccant which absorbs moisture and prevents all the nasty things that a very humid environment can visit upon delicate electronics and paint. Be glad they use it, and you might want to keep the stuff to reuse when storing your locomotives. BTW, your opening shot of the beast in action gives new meaning to "Close to the Edge"! Yes?
Great Video and sweet looking engine. I've got a Paragon 2 NYC J1E 4-6-4 and it sounds awesome too. I love the extra sounds it makes like city workers, sirens and other background noise.
my PFM brass coast to coast tender is identical to this one here but i don't think its as detailed..i still need to buy a q-2,i hope i can find one..awesome review!!
Awesome! Do they have any plain (undecorated) versions? I might purchase one of these for excursion service on my regional, la salle rockford & central.
Well less than 3 months and mine broke. I am in the process of finding out how to get it fixed. The gearbox is acting up. It binds up, lifts the rear drivers up off the rail and locks up. Very frustrating. I hope BLI can fix this issue quickly because it is my favorite loco.
Having tracks so near a huge scale drop off or a real one for that matter would scare me. That loco cost $500+ and if it derails and goes over the edge it'll generate 'the cry of anquish heard 'round the world'. The wires you spoke of are actually scale pipes and fittings carrying water or steam or compressed air to the different parts throughout the loco. Your review would be interesting if you could do research and quickly explain what they do, where and a quick explanation why and how.
The Q-2 was certainly the most successful of all the duplex drives. It certainly performed as advertised in moving tonnange. It makes you wonder how the T-1's would have fared with Walschart's or Baker valve gear!
nice looking locomotive... wish they would have used a golden or white LED for the headlight. Broadway does a nice job with the detail on the locomotives. Hope we can see a PRR E6 or G5 in the near future; I would love to see those locomotives mass produced without the brass prices.
yeah its more then likely gone now...they don't stay online long at all....i just saw an unpainted one but I am passing on that..i have too many unpainted brass trains tht need painting..lol..i'll find a painted one soon... i'll just keep looking..thanks though :-)
ok so i liked the video but I honestly loved it lol Great review man. Crazy thing is today I got my broadway limited hudson in the mail . Glad to see your enjoying a new train too. Looks and sounds great. Hope to see more reviews from ya. I subbed so i'll b on the look out. ;) God Bless, Rrk1937
Summary: $800 brass locomotive with blue headlight and cab interior. There are $100 locos with better and more accurate lighting than that. BLI only came into its own with Paragon 3 trains, and still most of them are absolutely inflated and not worth half of their list price.
BLI has never come into their own. Their products have only gone down hill in quality over the last 10 years. No new products, and continually pushing their own decoders that are outdated long before they hit the market
@@adaribros Blue Line was their best imho, evidenced by little details of consistency: the way for instance the 8-pin connectors worked, how well and easily they fit. My new S-3 fits so improperly it isn't funny.
Great review! Amazing model! Broadway Limited always does the best detail. This thing is very, very expensive, but.... model railroading is an expensive hobby. I decided to research this beast. The real one had 7,987HP! The most any steam locomotive has ever had. That's 1,697 more than a Big Boy! It's pulling force was 100,800 (115,800 w/booster) and it weighed a total of 1,053,100 lbs! (tender + locomotive).
Ok.Well later on some H10s with lines west tenders migrated east. The ugliest thing the PRR ever did with those tenders was occasionally putting them behind K4s
That little bag that is in everything you buy absorbs moisture inside of the box. Nice loco I want one sooo bad!!!! I love PRR!!
called desiccant
That little packet is silica gel. It is a desiccant which absorbs moisture and prevents all the nasty things that a very humid environment can visit upon delicate electronics and paint. Be glad they use it, and you might want to keep the stuff to reuse when storing your locomotives. BTW, your opening shot of the beast in action gives new meaning to "Close to the Edge"! Yes?
@adaribros ......after I get my EM-1 and a couple of N&W articuleds. 2-8-8-2 & 2-6-6-4.
Just got mine....Can't wait to get it on the club layout...Show season is approaching fast!
Such a beautiful engine!
The small bag is designed to absorb moisture from the air ....
Like Chicklets, except hard to chew.
Nice. What’s the recommended minimum turn radius? Is it articulated? The prototype was not. Thx for the review. They’re aren’t many on this Q2.
Min radius is 24”. The model is not articulated just like the prototype
@@adaribros Thank you
Great Video and sweet looking engine. I've got a Paragon 2 NYC J1E 4-6-4 and it sounds awesome too. I love the extra sounds it makes like city workers, sirens and other background noise.
my PFM brass coast to coast tender is identical to this one here but i don't think its as detailed..i still need to buy a q-2,i hope i can find one..awesome review!!
I’m saving up $680 for the Tuscan red one. Is it good?
I agree. But an PRR 2-8-0 hasn't been made in a long time. I'd probably buy it regardless... What region are you modeling ?
Awesome! Do they have any plain (undecorated) versions? I might purchase one of these for excursion service on my regional, la salle rockford & central.
Well less than 3 months and mine broke. I am in the process of finding out how to get it fixed. The gearbox is acting up. It binds up, lifts the rear drivers up off the rail and locks up. Very frustrating. I hope BLI can fix this issue quickly because it is my favorite loco.
Having tracks so near a huge scale drop off or a real one for that matter would scare me. That loco cost $500+ and if it derails and goes over the edge it'll generate 'the cry of anquish heard 'round the world'.
The wires you spoke of are actually scale pipes and fittings carrying water or steam or compressed air to the different parts throughout the loco. Your review would be interesting if you could do research and quickly explain what they do, where and a quick explanation why and how.
@adaribros It is in Florida in line to be repaired. 7 week turn around time. Let's see what happens.
Where is a good place to get all the engines
The Q-2 was certainly the most successful of all the duplex drives. It certainly performed as advertised in moving tonnange. It makes you wonder how the T-1's would have fared with Walschart's or Baker valve gear!
pilsudski36 the T1 did have walschaerts.
Those little packets are desiccant. Used to keep stuff from rusting.
You can get any function with the dt400r
Great Review! It's a shame that Lionel doesn't make one in O-scale.
nice looking locomotive... wish they would have used a golden or white LED for the headlight. Broadway does a nice job with the detail on the locomotives. Hope we can see a PRR E6 or G5 in the near future; I would love to see those locomotives mass produced without the brass prices.
I think you forgot the “Dog house” aka the emergency brakeman bunker
@Henryfan3 i think silicon is in thos packets.
yeah its more then likely gone now...they don't stay online long at all....i just saw an unpainted one but I am passing on that..i have too many unpainted brass trains tht need painting..lol..i'll find a painted one soon... i'll just keep looking..thanks though :-)
ok so i liked the video but I honestly loved it lol Great review man. Crazy thing is today I got my broadway limited hudson in the mail . Glad to see your enjoying a new train too. Looks and sounds great. Hope to see more reviews from ya. I subbed so i'll b on the look out. ;)
God Bless,
Rrk1937
Summary: $800 brass locomotive with blue headlight and cab interior. There are $100 locos with better and more accurate lighting than that. BLI only came into its own with Paragon 3 trains, and still most of them are absolutely inflated and not worth half of their list price.
BLI has never come into their own. Their products have only gone down hill in quality over the last 10 years. No new products, and continually pushing their own decoders that are outdated long before they hit the market
@@adaribros Blue Line was their best imho, evidenced by little details of consistency: the way for instance the 8-pin connectors worked, how well and easily they fit. My new S-3 fits so improperly it isn't funny.
A badly lit blur of fantastic product.
Dave Forrest apologies for this being an older video
Your right I did like this video!
I have a whole set of coaches for a T1 and many other Pennsylvania steam engines, just not the engine it self
Ahhhhh. Isn't it awesome unboxing a new engine???? :o)
Great job! That is pretty risky buisiness running so close to the edge :D
my new order is coming in NOV
Hi, thats a impressive engine. But since my bad experience with the Daylight G4 i am not such a big BLI fan any more. But again its a super model.
I HAVE TO GET THIS FOR CHRISTMAS
Great review! Amazing model! Broadway Limited always does the best detail. This thing is very, very expensive, but.... model railroading is an expensive hobby.
I decided to research this beast. The real one had 7,987HP! The most any steam locomotive has ever had. That's 1,697 more than a Big Boy! It's pulling force was 100,800 (115,800 w/booster) and it weighed a total of 1,053,100 lbs! (tender + locomotive).
oh my god, that is an amazing engine. im kind-of gelous.
Not fair......I want one so bad.
Awesome
Oooh touch the DAMN paint
I have the q 2 as my profile picture
Ok.Well later on some H10s with lines west tenders migrated east. The ugliest thing the PRR ever did with those tenders was occasionally putting them behind K4s
thats called quilling the whistle
sell it to me
Wish I could! 🤪