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Date: 08/23/16 13:52
CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: bnsfbuff

Two CitiRail ES44ACs were placed in service today on the BNSF Fall River Division. After being lightly weathered, adding a few more ounces or weight, minor reprogramming and a new speaker change, these units are ready for service! 

Intermountain Railway did a great job with these units.
 

John Parker
Longmont, CO
BNSF Fall River Division



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/23/16 13:58 by bnsfbuff.


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Date: 08/23/16 14:09
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: sp8192

Man those things look great!   Really nice detail on the layout too!  Post more pics when you take them..

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Date: 08/23/16 14:42
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: DKay

Very nice loco's.....and the layout is stunning.
Regards,DK

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Date: 08/23/16 14:50
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: mdeberg

John, Awesome looking railroad as always!  Love the light chassis weathering on the new locomotives!

Mike DeBerg
Bloomington, IL

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Date: 08/23/16 15:25
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: dal3294

Are the motors upgraded on these compared to previous runs? Headlights?

-Ryan N.

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Date: 08/23/16 15:57
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: Hookdragkick

They look really good. Nothing like a couple heavy AC motors on the job.

As I write, 1327 is on a EB Long Beach Stack @ Ft Madi for Chicago, 1343 is slugging it out on a loaded Grainer in Vancouver, Wa.

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Date: 08/23/16 21:13
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: grandroad

John - Engines look great and so does your layout! Nice work.

Paul Brennecke
Golden, CO

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Date: 08/24/16 02:01
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: atsf121

Wow, those look great!

Nathan

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Date: 08/24/16 05:45
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: iaisfan

These units and your layout look terrific John!  And I agree with Mike about the weathering - just the perfect amount.  I always enjoy your updates.

Joe Atkinson
Council Bluffs, IA
www.iaisrailfans.org/../Sub4WestEnd

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Date: 08/24/16 06:17
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: bnsfbuff

Thanks everyone, appreciate the nice comments.....

John Parker
Longmont, CO
BNSF Fall River Division

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Date: 08/24/16 07:45
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: brfriedm

Looking nice John. I have one coming also.  For the one question, these do have the new motors FYI.

Bruce

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Date: 08/24/16 08:29
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: bnsfbuff

Thanks Bruce.  Yes, you are correct - these have the new motors. Adding a few ounces of weigh also helps increase the pulling power. I use thin wheel balancing lead weights glued to the inside of the top of the shell.

John Parker
Longmont, CO
BNSF Fall River Division

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Date: 08/25/16 05:26
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: binder001

Very nice scenes and cool locos.  We get those rolling through my area on BNSF on occasion, very striking when clean and in good sunlight.  

What speaker did you change to?

Gary B. 
Waverly, NE

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Date: 08/25/16 06:54
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: bnsfbuff

I replace the round IM speaker with a DSM8 speaker, available from Railmaster Hobbies.

John Parker
Longmont, CO
BNSF Fall River Division

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Date: 08/25/16 09:01
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: bnsftcdiv

Very nice...I can hardly wait for mine to appear.

Dave Burman
modeling the modern Twin Cities
Trempealeau, WI

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Date: 08/25/16 15:57
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: JLW2K

Well THANKS A LOT.  This post caused me to buy one, haha.

-James

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Date: 08/25/16 18:59
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: navarch2

I agree.....your trackwork and layout look exceptionally good. 

My two arrived at the LHS today  and will get them tomorrow :)

Bob

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Date: 08/25/16 22:05
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: JLW2K

No talent or weathering here haha.  But here is my Iowa Interstate Heritage Unit from this same run....



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Date: 08/25/16 22:30
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: iaisfan

Looks great to me James! :-)

Joe Atkinson
Council Bluffs, IA
www.iaisrailfans.org/../Sub4WestEnd

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Date: 08/26/16 04:20
Re: CitRail ES44ACs Arrive on the BNSF Fall River Division
Author: acltrainman

Those units look great. I'm waiting for the FEC units though.The Citiral units look great and the Iowa Interstate is a nice scheme.

Stanley Jackowski
Valrico, FL

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