Running of SD 70MAC

I got to run my SD70MAC yesterday at my friends cottage. He is about two hours away from where I live. When I let home it was raining cats & dogs. I though for sure that we would be spending the whole time in his cottage just talking about trains. When I got about 40 kilometers out of Halifax the rain began to stop and by the time that I got to Truro NS it was clear and by the time I got to his cottage at Parrsbor NS an hour later it was sunny. It stayed sunny all day while back in Halifax where I left they had rain most of the day until late afternoon. We got the SD70MAC up and running but it would not take the first curve for he has R1 curves so I asked him if he had any R2 curves and he got some and we made some changes to the curve with the new sections. They were still tight but the locomotive took them. These changes to his track allow us to run this big diesel. We could not attach any cars to it for when it took the curves the body swung out so far that it caused the attached cars to be pulled right of the tracks. The diesel was able with a bit of effort to get through the curves and we were able to run her the rest of the day. It sure was nice to see it run for I have not been able to run it on my home layout because I have all R1 curves at home. It sure made for a great day even though we only watched the diesel run by itself all day. Who cares it was the fun and enjoyment that we got watching it run. Take Care.