Good evening. It's sort of cloudy, 75, with some rain fifty miles or so away.
I'd like to report my new Broadway J runs as good as it looks, and is a great addition to the ES&BM's fleet.
Unfortunately, I can't do that.
It ran very well for about thirty minutes, at which time the decoder went up in smoke. One of the chips near the capacitor was still smoking when I pulled the shell off the tender. I already have one BLI steam engine at their shop waiting for repairs, I really don't want another one. Especially one I've owned less than 8 hours. The LHS is closed tomorrow and Monday, Sometimes the owner is at the store Mondays to take care of ordering and stocking, maybe I'll catch him there. It isn't his fault, we did make sure the thing ran before I left, but having trains go up in flames the day I pay $400 for them is a bit much for anybody to remain calm about.