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Well it arrived from Osaka Japan this morning. The much anticipated Baltimore and Ohio 0-6-0 tender engine made by Rokuhan. This is their first attempt at doing U.S outline in Z and they have nailed it! The USRA 0-6-0 was a standard loco ordered by the United States Railroad Administration in World War 1. The Baltimore and Ohio received 40 out of the 255 built. Subsequently it stayed in production (These locos are known as copies and many thousands were constructed) the running is faultless. in the video it is see running on the test track in the office and then on Hakuho in the workshop, both light engine and with some typical USA freight cars. It starts smoothly and slowly, Runs very slowly if required, equally well in either direction There are some things to note though. First it is designed to go round a minimum track radius of 195mm. No problem for me. Secondly Rokuhan and the guys on Trainboard are all warning that the wires that take the current from the tender pickups to the loco are really delicate and the loco should be handled with care. It does rely on the tender pickups a lot The instructions are in very good English for once and there is detailed desription on how to convert it to DCC ( I won't be bothering with that) I think his loco will do very well and hopefully it will encourage Rokuhan to do some other American prototypes https://youtu.be/CfN2Ab5VfD8?si=UN16SrOJxW_4o36c We are at Barrow show in two weeks time and will give it a good workout there regards Kev