Hi folks! I'm Brian. I live in New Brunswick province of Canada, although I'm originally from New Jersey. I model a bit in 3 rail Hi Rail, HO and S. I'm looking to model a freelanced 1950's era New Jersey shortline (think Middletown & Unionville/Morristown & Erie/Rahway Valley) S scale on a shelf layout. I'm interested in either the Smokey Mountain Model Works 44 or 70 tonner. I'm not the greatest "builder of things" (great scale to be in, I know), but either of these, along with a S Helper/MTH 2-8-0 would be great shortline motive power. What I'm curious is: has anyone built one of these guys and added DCC and sound? Thoughts? Pros? Cons? Thanks! Brian LaManna/Moncton, NB
