A New Pup for the Litter

Minitrains products have re-invigorated the HOn30 market. This month, their highly anticipated Forney 0-4-4 loco was released, and I couldn't resist pulling the trigger on this gorgeous little loco.

She runs as smoothly as the other Minitrains stock, and has a lot of character to her "look." Something will have to be done about that ugly red wire, though. It passes through the chassis to power the directional lighting; there is a small headlight behind the tender, a necessity on a Forney expected to run for a good half of its working life in reverse.

My power pack died, so I'm relying on a 9v battery to test the loco; this allows me one speed: lightning! Here's a short video flyby of the Forney with rocket-boosters engaged.