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Heres my 4-4-0 I bought off eBay and is my first ever eBay purchase! Its been cusom painted and one day, it'll be repainted!
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 5:46:10 PM
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This is one of my Bowser powered Bachmann N&W J1s. It still has its original number 610 on it.
frANK
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 5:53:07 PM
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2 general kits,one a mantua (rear),tyco (front),ken
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 6:03:14 PM
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My newest...an NYC Dreyfus Hudson...
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 6:12:09 PM
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| now that is a sweet loco shay ken
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 6:13:20 PM
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My steam contribution to LOTW is a Mantua Shifter, vintage 1952?, I bought yesterday at a high-end antiques flea market show. $20 took this nice steamer home. The plastic drawbar is broken, and the motor doesn't turn over, but hopefully with a little tuning, it'll be chugging along soon.
Not sure if this is a repaint or not, apparently there was an unmarked/unlettered version sold, #209 in the catalog, but that was all black, I think. This one obviously has green paint on it, so could have painted over any other marks there. I don't see any lettering bleed-through on the paint, so it might be one of those undecorated units that has been detailed. I didn't really notice the green until I got it outside to photograph, then the light hit it and I saw it was not all black.
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 6:30:06 PM
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The draw bar should be easily interchangable with other Mantua's 0-4-0. The motor, spray the front and rear bearings with PB Blaster. Twist the worm back and forth both ways. If that don't work, put the whole motor in rubbing alcohol, let it soak, then try it again.
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 8:27:20 PM
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On the consignment shelf at a local Model Train Shop.... hopefully it sells soon....
P2K Heritage Edition USRA 0-6-0 Grand Trunk Western.
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 9:19:30 PM
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For Brian-
Its A Lustra Chrome N Scale F7 ATSF, My First N Scale Train. Its Missing Its Chassis 
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 10:51:09 PM
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See your chrome Santa Fe I'll raise you this one by Tyco  $15
& just for fun I'll show this one too Also from RailFest $5
Wanna bet the E-7 will have the pinion gear problem like my UP CofSF had?
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 10:55:33 PM
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Seems like all powertorques do. The steamers, never had the problem,Likes the E-Unit!
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Posted - September 18 2011 : 11:28:56 PM
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quote:Seems like all powertorques do. The steamers, never had the problem,Likes the E-Unit!
Originally posted by Redneck Justin - September 18 2011 : 10:55:33 PM
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Thanks Justin I do has the UP City Of San Francisco one as well 
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Posted - September 19 2011 : 12:07:37 PM
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I likes those E units too, especially with chrome. 
My LOTW is a Revell Omaha switcher. Over 50 years old and still running great.
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Posted - September 19 2011 : 12:14:20 PM
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| hi redwoods love em as well,love the sound of the beads when you shake em ken
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Posted - September 19 2011 : 2:18:41 PM
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 Maaaaan I want that 0-6-0T saddle tank engine!  Someday I'll find one
Thanks for the comments on the E-7 loco I got, guys Should post the Tyco UP City of San Francisco E-7 I have Its uber NICE hehe
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Posted - September 20 2011 : 12:09:44 AM
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Love the streamlined steamers and the diesel streamliners, guys!
Now this is what I call a steam locomotive! Boston and Maine Mountain class 4-8-2 by Mehano for IHC, I believe from a C&O prototype. Looks smooth, runs smoother and makes some of my newer Bachmann steamers seem raucous in comparison. Vanderbilt love is a fine and tender thing.
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Posted - September 20 2011 : 03:22:42 AM
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Thats an IHC Vandy alright.
Big enough to put behind any Turbine variation!
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Posted - September 20 2011 : 6:44:31 PM
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Sweet lokey...those vandys go back to an old mold, made to fit a motor in it back in the daze of tender mounted motor drives. Pemco picked them up back in the 80s, then Mehano. A real vandy never*** had a squared fuel bunker like that.
***I'm sure someone will pull out a pic of one with a square bunker from some Wheretheheckarwee & Absentia RR collection
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Posted - September 20 2011 : 7:13:57 PM
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Shay-man:
Thats the tender that comes with your Hudson... in CNR Green and Gold of course.
-Gareth
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Posted - September 21 2011 : 09:05:44 AM
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Hi Guys!
Been gone a little while. Things are a bit hectic here.... About to go under a major remodel and my Mother-in-law suffered a broken hip about two weeks ago, so it has been quite rough. She was our live-in morning and afternoon care giver for our two girls.
This is my LOTW:
It is a brass bicycle locomotive. I bid on and did not get the die cast one offered on eBay last week. This one came as a surprise to me. It was thrown in as an extra by the seller of the brass lot of locomotives shown below:
It came with this lot:
Sean
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Posted - September 21 2011 : 09:19:58 AM
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Nice! Ive Got One That Was A Cheap Plastic Kit I Bought For $3.50 A While Back. Come Thanksgiving Ill Get Pics Of The Engine.
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Posted - September 21 2011 : 09:57:25 AM
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i kike the bicycle,never seen one before,i also like the little 4-6-0 at bottom of your train lot sean,ken
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Posted - September 21 2011 : 10:03:44 AM
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| cool a C. P Huntington loco There are 2 of those at the bottow of the Atlanic Ocean
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Posted - September 21 2011 : 10:44:18 AM
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quote:i kike the bicycle,never seen one before,i also like the little 4-6-0 at bottom of your train lot sean,ken
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Thanks Ken.
That is a SP ? HOn3 4-6-0
Sean
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Posted - September 21 2011 : 12:46:52 PM
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bicycle? I see no bike in here
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Posted - September 21 2011 : 6:18:06 PM
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| Outstanding haul there , Sean...would keep me busy all winter. Been looking for one of those Aristo-Craft "Bicycles" for awhile myself...
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Posted - September 22 2011 : 07:00:40 AM
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quote:Sweet lokey...those vandys go back to an old mold, made to fit a motor in it back in the daze of tender mounted motor drives. Pemco picked them up back in the 80s, then Mehano.
Originally posted by shaygetz - September 20 2011 : 6:44:31 PM
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quote:Shay-man:
Thats the tender that comes with your Hudson... in CNR Green and Gold of course.
-Gareth
Originally posted by romcat - September 20 2011 : 7:13:57 PM
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The same tender's also on my IHC UP Santa Fe class! Good to see Mehano are into recycling - waste not, want not.
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Posted - September 23 2011 : 4:32:49 PM
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My Chesapeake and Ohio BL2 locomotive new in box never been ran
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Posted - September 23 2011 : 6:41:22 PM
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quote:My Chesapaeake and Ohio BL2 locomotive new in box never been ran
Originally posted by Brianstyco - September 23 2011 : 4:32:49 PM
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Alright, another BL-2 guy gives himself away. Welcome to Club Ugly.
Jerry
20+ of those BL-2's
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Posted - September 23 2011 : 7:57:02 PM
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| Thanks Jerry - lol
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