Went out this evening with some friends to see some trains around the Cape Cod Canal this evening.

My previous posts showed me having issues trying to get a cover piece off, that issue is no longer an issue.

NYSW SD70M-2 from Lionel, dated to 2025 and bought new.

I grew up with some DVDs that showed the NYSW Black & Yellow paint scheme a bit, back when my absolute favorite color was yellow. And while most yellow paint schemes I enjoyed of as a kid have aged like bananas. The NYSW Bee colors that have stuck since around the 1980s, has pretty much become an example of the word ‘timless’, seeing little to no change since day 1.

Sort of an impulse buy with this Lionel model. No horror stories of reliability or factory defects from this model, and many used modern engines are often beat up with severe damage to the shell and details. Versus this off the store shelf for a few dollars below online price, and wasn’t cracking a four digit price tag that the steam engines next to it were.

For specs: It has Legacy & Bluetooth, with all other features standard for 2025.
Thankfully upon testing it at home, it can handle the tight 036 curves as the manual said. And can take an apex with rolling stock just fine.

I am keeping this thing and racking up a lot of miles on it. I oiled and greased up the axles and gears first thing out of the box, and checked everything works at the shop. For a first Legacy engine, I see this as ab absolute win. I just wish it played the Bad to The Bone riff on every startup.

ISSUE RESOLVED. Just needed breaking-in with fresh paint and tabs that needed a slight pull.

All together for 4th of July

We’ve seen this twice now.
Previously a truck fell over the embankment north of the Sagamore bridge. Thus causing chaos for traffic going off cape, as far as Barnstable.
Now a truck has fallen going southbound, south of the Sagamore bridge. So traffic is backed up with lines north of Cederville in Plymouth.
This is why we should get commuter trains to the cape regularly, so there’s another method of transport incase the roads get clogged up.

Found some trains on Cape Cod today

Cape Cod Central’s dinner train chartered exclusively for veterans. With a MBTA qualification run on the Cape Main

A large group gathered at Canal Junction on Cape Cod to see the CCCR’s dinner train, and the MBTA’s CapeFlyer. With the flyer equipped with 2 heritage units.