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 Posted - March 22 2021 : 10:31:59 PM
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This thread is dedicated to all of my custom locomotives, as well as any other train-related custom projects I've done. Enjoy the finished products of RP Works. 
- TYCO New York Central ALCO C430
- ATHEARN Reading RR GP9 614
- TYCO Pennsylvania RR RF-16 Shark
- ATHEARN Conrail F9 "Legacy" pair
- IHC Ephrata Valley 2-6-0 Mogul #19 (I will be returning to this model in the near future, to detail it to better match my other custom Ephrata Valley steam locomotives.)
- MODEL POWER Monongahela Sharks
- MANTUA/TYCO Ephrata Valley 4-6-2 Pacific #56
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Posted - March 23 2021 : 12:21:09 AM
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The two "Cons" are just fabulous. Tyco did a NYC??? Wonders
never cease at the RP works!
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Posted - April 01 2021 : 9:16:30 PM
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Thanks Chops! Sadly, Tyco never did make a NYC C430, which is why I had to make one, years ago.
The latest 2 custom locomotives I finished.....
Ephrata Valley RR Mantua diecast 0-4-0 tank engine #3
Ephrata Valley RR Mantua all-diecast 0-4-0 Shifter #21
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Posted - April 02 2021 : 11:52:18 AM
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| Looking good! You are getting very good at making custom models!
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Posted - April 02 2021 : 9:11:39 PM
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quote:Looking good! You are getting very good at making custom models!
Originally posted by Erik The Train Nerd-April 02 2021: 11:52:18 AM
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Thank You, Erik! Interestingly enough, although my first love was collecting old HO diesel locomotives, I am surprisingly better at customizing old HO steam locomotives.
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Posted - April 10 2021 : 9:34:14 PM
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The latest steam locomotive has emerged from RP Works. Ephrata Valley RR 4-6-2 Pacific #55, aka "Double-Nickel." This is a Mantua 4-6-2 I customized a little bit on the front by installing 2 brass "flying" air pumps on the firebox front, and trimming off the rails that normally extend down to the cowcatcher. I am highly satisfied with this project, and am confident it will see much freight service, and eventually passenger service too, on the Ephrata Valley Railroad!!
 
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Posted - April 18 2021 : 8:00:23 PM
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Yet another steam locomotive has rolled out of the RP Works.....check out Ephrata Valley RR 2-8-0 Consolidation #25! Formerly a Tyco Chattanooga, this Consolidation runs great after a superglue repair to the pinion gear, and a tune up, and looks awesome!!
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Posted - May 01 2021 : 9:48:58 PM
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Ephrata Valley Railroad has a second Consolidation - #22 just rolled out of RP Works today!! This Tyco 2-8-0 had a hard life - got it in running shape with various broken parts in that for-parts-locomotive lot along with the GM&O GP20 a while ago, fixed it, and then painted it in a rather drab-looking red, yellow & black Chattanooga fantasy scheme. It then was a parts-donor to fix other Tyco Consolidations, until I finally decided to strip it and repaint/detail it in the same scheme as the other Ephrata Valley steamers. Still a lot of life in this 2-8-0!
 
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Posted - May 01 2021 : 11:38:57 PM
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| The EVRR line continues to expand!
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Posted - May 15 2021 : 10:33:05 PM
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Finally finished repainting and detailing Ephrata Valley RR 2-6-0 Mogul #19 - to look more like my other custom steam locomotives - and it turned out great!!
 
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Posted - May 15 2021 : 10:46:45 PM
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| EVRR is getting steamed up!
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Posted - May 15 2021 : 11:47:48 PM
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Nice, RP! 
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Posted - May 16 2021 : 10:37:17 AM
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Thanks guys!
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Posted - May 22 2021 : 10:31:21 PM
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Ephrata Valley RR 0-8-0 #102, a Rivarossi steam locomotive, is complete.
  
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Posted - May 23 2021 : 12:29:41 AM
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| Another steamer hits the rails at the EVRR.
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Posted - June 15 2021 : 9:20:45 PM
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Indeed, Chops. Just today, RP Works cranked out another Mantua custom steam locomotive, 0-6-0 #20! This "Big Six" will serve the Ephrata Valley Railroad well, and will be the subject of many edited photos soon to come on my Instagram.
  
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Posted - June 20 2021 : 10:48:44 PM
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It has always been a dream of mine (well, since the Ephrata Valley RR officially got its first custom trains) to make a EVRR Mikado. I'm pleased to introduce the latest custom steam locomotive finished by RP Works, a Mantua 2-8-2 Mikado #46!
 
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Posted - July 19 2022 : 10:13:22 PM
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I forgot to update this.
Ephrata Valley Mantua 4-6-2 Pacific #54 - passenger/express service
 
Ephrata Valley Mantua 2-8-4 Berkshire #60 - freight & passenger service
 
Ephrata Valley Mantua 2-10-0 Decapod #33 - huge thanks to Darth Santa Fe on converting a Mantua 2-8-2 chassis to a 2-10-0.
  
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Posted - July 20 2022 : 5:12:57 PM
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| I really like the family look. Well done!
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Posted - July 20 2022 : 5:27:09 PM
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Nice equipment.
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Posted - July 20 2022 : 9:32:42 PM
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Thank you both - I really appreciate it.
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Posted - July 22 2022 : 9:02:16 PM
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I like what you've done.
Only suggestion would be to cut the axle stubs off the lead truck wheels, especially the pointy ones!
On the "Big Six"......I have one, Last new-from-the-hobby-shop engine I bought in Groton Conn while at Sub School in probably 1970. Still have it, on the shelf, until it gets shredded with the rest when I'm gone
Are the main rods stock or new fabrication?
BTW, have lots of "new" engines since then, in the box, some assembled..like a Mantua 4-6-2 kit I ran out of steam on. Have another non-Mantua new is it Mikado, RTR in the box (have to dig it out), and a single power PennLine T-1.
So much stuff. I even have Varney litho cardstock freight cars with boxes.
Those will be easy to get rid of.
At some point in life you see the end zone.
Been moving a lot o 2-rail 0 out. Mostly prewar.
Keeping the outdoor line running for now.
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Posted - July 22 2022 : 10:28:06 PM
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quote:Only suggestion would be to cut the axle stubs off the lead truck wheels, especially the pointy ones!
Originally posted by ScaleCraft - July 22 2022 : 9:02:16 PM
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If I may expand on that, I've done this, and the easy way is to nip them off with a heavy duty (hard enough) wire cutter to cut steel. Then, I have a piece of brass unrolled flat from a spent .22 caliber shell. It's got an axle sized hole drilled in it, and I put that over the face of the wheel with the nipped off axle end through the hole and file the axle end flat while the brass protects the wheel.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - July 22 2022 : 10:42:11 PM
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how about a boxcar with EV on it?
you know like how a mess of short lines made their own boxcars & sent them on the Mains to get rich from in the 70s & 80s?
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Posted - July 22 2022 : 11:27:07 PM
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Good suggestion. Love to see photos of your T1.
The EVRR Big Six #20 has factory Mantua rods.
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Posted - July 22 2022 : 11:30:39 PM
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Maybe it was the camera. They just looked fatter rods than I remember!
The T-1 is a boxed kit. I can open the lid, but all the parts are in little boxes carefully placed!
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