zephyr1934

I suspect you might run into problems from transient disconnections that are long enough to "turn off" the PF receiver but short enough that the train glides over them. So looping in a capacitor or some other energy storage to bridge small interruptions would be critical. Otherwise, the PF receiver would say "stop" when it reset

Wow, that's great work collecting all those parts in a rare color and making an excellent model with the limited palette. I bet all of those plates helps with the weight on the drive wheels

The BrickForge folks are train heads so this is a good move.

Those doors are surprisingly handy for covering things in tight spaces. I had a similar experience in the past year where the door was the only thing that would fit

That's a tough angle to pull off in lego. There are probably tricks to do it but it will require a lot of trial and error before you find the trade off that you like. Perhaps start a new thread and show what you've got so far and tell the readers what you do not like about it or what you want it to do.

Looks better than the silver tape and the fact that you went all the way down the outside makes it look much more like a "rail". Will be neat to see the Kof go under track power. I've seen folks splay multi strand wire and use that as a track pickup.

Your builds are jaw dropping. Each building, train and detail in the background looks like it is worthy of its own post. But that's okay to leave us wanting more, the gestalt of it all together is amazing.

Lego is your secondary hobby? You've got to be kidding. Your MOCs are top notch, I can only imagine how far you must go with your main hobby. Each one of those scenes has several different trains/buildings/road or whatnot that would be amazing to see from multiple angles. It looks so great all together.

I suspect the 1/2 plate thickness of the panels could cause occasional problems, e.g., if it falls between the traction band and the flange on a powered axle. Probably would still work, just a little extra drag. I like the look of the tiles between the double jumper plates. Have you tried it with 1x2 tiles in the middle instead of 1x2 plates?

With the gray it is starting to look like a Burlington (CB&Q, not BN) locomotive.

That's probably what @Feuer Zug was talking about. The OE cars are heavy and the engine is light. Worse yet, the wheels on the car are high friction. If it slips too much you might be able to replace what look like stacked of two red and blue 2x4's in the following picture with one or more weight bricks. If you don't have any weight bricks I suggest testing with something else weighty (roll of coins?) before making the investment.

Amazing

You are quite welcome

That's a nice combination of playful features on top of detailed building

Welcome @L-Gauger, looking forward to seeing some of your MOCs. Your avatar hints at lots of details too small to see.