Update on BN 5406

BN 5406 is up and running. I disassembled the locomotive and found out the problem was nothing more than a loose wire between a switch and the trucks.


Now that's fixed the locomotive is operational, but the movement is somewhat jerky. I think that's a sign I need to clean the tracks. Or wheels. Or both.

Here's a picture of BN 5406 pushing the BN caboose. Aren't they nice together?


And for a bonus picture, here's a picture of BNSF track running through a rather desolate stretch of Badger Canyon which we drove through on Friday. This stretch of track was originally built by the Northern Pacific in 1884 as they started their push from the Columbia up and over the Cascades. The photo location is about 18 track miles from Ainsworth.