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  LOTW March 9 to 15, 2025
 Posted by jward On March 09 2025 At 8:19:53 PM
This is it. The Holy Grail I've been looking for. My locomotive of the week is a Tyco C430 I bought off Ebay. This one has the 8 wheel drive with FLywheels I wish Tyco had adopted in their locomotives, and it is a sweet runner.




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Note that is has the correct Alco fuel tank, not the EMD one used by Tyco, or the weird thing the Pemco/Mehano versions have.




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Front and rear views. Note the Tyco number board inserts are on both the front and back. Also note the filled in pilots to give this unit the same look as an Atlas C425.




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The couplers have been modified to mount inside the body shell.




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Here is what is under the hood. This drive looks at first glance like an Athearn but it is not. Note there are no covers on the worms on the trucks. I have an old Train Miniature FA1 that has a similar worm setup. I have no idea who made this drive, but it fits the C430, and appears to have had few if any modifications done to it to get it to fit. Honestly, I am stumped by this one. I would love to find out what drive was used, and how to get more of them. It appears this will be an easy conversion to DCC, and robust enough to pull my mountain grades. If anybody knows anything about this drive, please comment below. Now to find a similar drive setup for the C630.....
  LOTW Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2025
 Posted by Knights89 On February 24 2025 At 08:47:42 AM
Red Box GP-20 custom painted.
  LOTW Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2025
 Posted by scsshaggy On January 26 2025 At 4:58:10 PM
My LOTW is this Mantua Shifter. I found one with full valve gear at a swap meet and added more electrical pickup and just enough detail to give the illusion of it having detail. It got a working headlight, injectors, a cross-compound air compressor, a nicer bell and whistle and to the delight of the crew, safety valves so they don't get blown up. Also added were uncoupling levers.

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