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Much to the amusement of my friends, who have heard me do so before.

To match the magnetic cargo he’s probably already lost from the initial set last Woodmas

En…. Classe…. J’aime….

Acheter,

Amener,

Célébrer,

Considérer!

Emmener,

Employer,

Envoyer,

Et Nettoyer!

Désirer,

Elever,

Deranger,

Commencer!

Preferer,

Proteger,

Posséder,

Et Répéter!

“Répétez?  Maintainent?”

“Oui!  Répétez! Rapidement!”

Still haven’t published the high res pics of the last two sets (or even any pics at all of the second set with the green engine), but here’s a quick snap of engine #3.

Construction is mostly as straight forward as the original engine, only longer.  The main difference between them is both the front and rear trucks pivot.  They have to in order to get the train to go around corners.  This is accomplished by cutting the wheel base down an extra eighth of an inch then putting a washer on the top.  A hole -slightly wider than one of my standard wheel screws- is then drilled in the wheel base through the washer hole.  After that drill a half inch wide hole up through the bottom of the same hole to create an inset area for the screw head to live in.

The end result is the screw is sunk into the wheel base pointing upwards and able to spin freely in the hole.  The  head of the screw will hold the wheel base while it rotates.  I then just drill a small pilot hole into the bottom of the locomotive body and attach the base with the screw to it.

The train itself, being 5 inches long (plus another 2-3 for the tender), dwarfs any of the other locomotives next to it.  This really should be the length of Gordon or Henry from the Thomas sets if you ask me.  But instead Learning Curve puts out really cheap poorly designed approximations.

And that makes baby woody cry

Booked a new set of tickets, will be heading out to work again on the farm later this year.  Hooray!