Yes, we should. Bring your camera next time.
I did bring it! have a video and a few pictures of the U34CH rolling along, but in my defense i was more terrified of not knowing where my train was actually heading and trying to keep up with it, so i didn't get to many pictures until most people had left.
Here is a quick video.
YouTube - Burlington County (NJ) Model Railroad Club: U34CH by CAB
In other news, my SD45-2 just arrived today, and the sound is great, so i can't wait to bring it out to the club. its has amazing details to, probably the best fans ever. I'll have to take a video of that to so you can hear it.
I'm just waiting on my C32-8 to get here, then i will save for an Atlas Gold C40-8W.
My U34CH in push mode (note the operating nose light) on the BCMRC. You can see a Metroliner Cab car in the background, and some SEPTA RDCs built by others. This is obviously a club i want to be involved with! They are already pretty impressed with my work, and they were excited to see my U34CH and E60MA. Its all good stuff.
overhead view. I'm not to happy about the junk yard behind my train. It has a cut up Bachmann E60CP (old one) and an SDP40 i recognized from a hobby shop that i wanted to buy years ago. I know it is the same one because the guy had put his name in the shell. the irony. Its hard to see, but there is also a switcher that got stuck in the oven to long.
I've gotta say i'm pretty proud of the work i did on my U34CH, since its still the best one (in my own opinion) that i've seen yet as far as detail accuracy. The only other good one i saw was from a club up in north jersey that i bought off ebay, so i end up owning that one anyways, lol. You can see a stock U34CH from atlas in the yard.
The worlds crapiest picture (thats the camera's fault) but on member had SEPTA silverliners from the SEPTA store (Not the IHP ones, which are brilliant). Of course, i freaked out, because I love the Electric Multiple Unit cars, and you rarely seem them as a model, let alone a dozen trains of them.
I have also some pictures of my SD45-2. If there are more brutish looking locomotives, there are few. looks like its the locomotive from the land of fire and brimstone (check the number)
Another view. the Conrail units have all the Erie Lackawanna specific detail, like the offset low mounted horns. The detail around the cab is outragoues.
It looks good from behind to!
The best part is probably the fans. I thought i might have to install them, but if you look closely, the grates on the fan are ridiculously thin. They look so real (and being used to not seeing the roofs of anything but model locomotives) that i thought there was something wrong!
It does take a while to start for some reason, but otherwise it runs and sounds nice. I got it for less than half price to, so i'm happy with the results.