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OTT,
I guess I haven't tried hard enough to get a running RF 16 lash-up but your's is sure neat.
Kudos on the "under the tree" layout.
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Posted - January 28 2012 : 12:14:37 AM
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I finally found time to add 2 sets of loco's to the mix.............
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Posted - January 28 2012 : 07:20:52 AM
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Eaglerock109,
All Tyco, great. Same railroad, cool.
Thanks!
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Posted - January 28 2012 : 11:24:30 AM
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My turn  I'll post the 2 of 8 I got from a friend & he was gonna scrap them! O.o
Both are Life-Like
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Posted - January 28 2012 : 3:06:57 PM
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quote:Eaglerock109,
All Tyco, great. Same railroad, cool.
Thanks!
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Posted - February 02 2012 : 06:08:15 AM
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Thanks Buss,
I didn't know LL had them in two different SF schemes.
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 05:24:49 AM
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Great looking "lash-ups" guys.....LMAO!!!!
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 4:38:53 PM
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I was just informed by the yardmaster that "consist" was the best term for this post.
Thanks for the help man :)
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TCS T1's coming for them, and I plan on putting LED head and tail lights in them.
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Posted - February 14 2012 : 05:31:13 AM
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OGhoul,
Interesting consist, bet they're good runners.
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quote:OGhoul,
Interesting consist, bet they're good runners.
Originally posted by Alco Fan - February 14 2012 : 05:31:13 AM
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Individually they seem to be. They're pretty hefty, so I think they'll do real well as team once I get decoders into them.
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Hi All,
Just thought I would post another picture I dug up from a while back. These are Tyco Fs. A co-worker gave these to me years ago.
Hope you enjoy.
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Posted - February 18 2012 : 9:06:52 PM
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Sweet and Tyco too.
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Posted - February 19 2012 : 11:37:35 AM
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Got a few consist ideas but I'll start with this one...
A trio of magnificent sharks pulling a cage ;)
The R&D prototype / catalog unit leads its production version, along with one somebody upgraded to an MU-2.
What I really need is the set of North Coast Limited passenger cars that would match these...
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Posted - February 19 2012 : 12:36:21 PM
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There's one that you won't see everyday. Great Spiderj.
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Posted - February 19 2012 : 4:18:00 PM
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 2 of 4 tyco alcos that my dad owned that he gave me. 3 were spirit of 76 units 1 was a chessie, 1 spirit of 76 unit ran perfect, 1 i stripped for parts, and another one i started to rebuilt. The 2 units you see here are the 2 remaining 1776 alcos, the one of the left i finally got running after more than 30 years of storage in a box with the rest of his old ho stuff. He gave it all to me in 2007. Its taken nearly 4 years to get the older 1776 unit to even show a sign of running, a few months ago i fixed some wiring, and lubed her up and finally got her to run for the first time since the 1970s. Today she needs new couplers and new rear wheels cause the old ones have cracks, good thing i stripped an old 1776 for parts so i have spares of everything, the one on the right runs perfect with no issues. I'm just trying to find time to install couplers and finish work on the older 1776 on the left. Sometime this year i will run these 2 together with a train.
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - February 19 2012 : 5:23:39 PM
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Nice consist. I just got another So76 without couplers and bad potus decals but runs ok for a PT. I picked it up for the handrails.
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Posted - February 19 2012 : 5:52:48 PM
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Thanks! I like the one of the left better cause it's older and the paint isn't as cheap looking 
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Posted - February 21 2012 : 7:15:42 PM
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Typically I'd post Tycos and from the same roads with mergers included but I believe, without checking, these are from the same production era.
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Posted - March 03 2012 : 8:55:19 PM
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One more set from Down Under
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Posted - March 04 2012 : 07:02:08 AM
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Sweet and PHTF, pretty hard to find, those.
Do they have the plastic MU-2 motor?
What kind of runners are they?
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quote:Sweet and PHTF, pretty hard to find, those.
Do they have the plastic MU-2 motor?
What kind of runners are they?
Originally posted by Alco Fan - March 04 2012 : 07:02:08 AM
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AF, both are PT's and they run well. I got the second one yesterday. I had to replace the rear coupler and it is up and running.
Looking for a second Victoria Railways F unit.............search continues.
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http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/OGhoul/Trains/04846a3a.mp4
(let's see if that works)
I finally got a dcc setup, and finally have a running consist. And a bewildered cat.
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Posted - March 06 2012 : 11:22:48 PM
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Hi OGhoul,
I don't see a picture in your post.
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Fixt. Put it on YouTube.
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Posted - March 07 2012 : 5:32:26 PM
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here are two athearn sd9's & a atlas sd24 that i painted & decaled in the southern tuxedo & then weathered them. they turned out great.
here is a bachmann sd45 that i put a high hood on & painted & decaled in the NS. i still have another to do for the lash up.
and a sd40-2. i can't decide if i should weather it or not. what do you think?
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Posted - March 07 2012 : 5:35:25 PM
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Posted - March 07 2012 : 6:10:38 PM
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How about the REAL thing?
All these locos are marked NREX for National Railway Equipment Co in Mt. Vernon, Illinois These will be possibly be converted to those GenSet locos 
You wanted a consist & I provided the real thing hehehe
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Those Southerns are great, but I think Microbusss just won. Lol
Those are all GP15s, aren't they?
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Posted - March 07 2012 : 10:31:18 PM
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quote:Those Southerns are great, but I think Microbusss just won. Lol
Those are all GP15s, aren't they?
Originally posted by OGhoul - March 07 2012 : 9:35:00 PM
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uh nope Ex SP SDs Tunnel Motors All numbers are in the 2800 range
Also the line is BNSF & I took that pic today after work & I worked in that town today & that the reason I went back there
Sorry about the pic but I couldn't resist
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Posted - March 10 2012 : 02:32:28 AM
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Here come the Geeps! And about 30 other trains in the first picture lol.
All 3 of them came in a box of mostly AHM stuff my friend bought awhile ago. Two of them are is pretty good health. The 3rd isn't quite as fast as the other two. I don't think the 3 of them have much track time at all. However from sitting, one of them put on a impressive smoke show. Made for a nice effect with the shell still on haha.
Two of them might get repainted down the road, not 100% sure what they will become. But we've talked about doing one in NYC and another in PRR. Which is fun because I don't think either road had GP-18's hehe.
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Posted - March 17 2012 : 10:12:34 AM
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Thanks for the contributions fellas. Good effort.
Busss and OGhoul this pic is right up your alley I think.
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Posted - March 17 2012 : 10:40:34 AM
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yup it is Alco Fan It shows the 4301 as it was to BN
GN bought 4301 new sold it to CB&Q Then when both merged it became BN 4301
I even love that French's hopper in the back
but I still win with the real consist & there are 2 ex-BNs in that line Just hard to see the one in the back
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Posted - March 17 2012 : 1:40:05 PM
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do all those alco's have factory paint? i like that GN.
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Posted - March 17 2012 : 5:19:54 PM
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Smokie,
Thanks.
The GN is a custom paint job I did, meant to look like the color scheme that Tyco did on a 430 Alco, since I haven't been able to win one.
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Posted - March 25 2012 : 9:54:04 PM
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A new consist Tyco, Mantua, and Tyco manufactured.
I think I read UP and WP were part of a merger with SoPac, DRG&W, The Katy, WPac and Missouri Pacific.
Thanks for the video OGhoul.
Nice models and weathering Smokie.
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Posted - March 25 2012 : 11:12:14 PM
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Hi guys!
I see only diesel locos posted, does a Reading Mantua aluminum passenger car consist headed by a restored Penn Line Crusader count?
Thanks Tony!
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Posted - March 26 2012 : 11:14:54 AM
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I'll add a photo. Doubleheading LV N1's.
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Posted - March 27 2012 : 8:37:40 PM
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quote:I set up my rug layout every Xmas and whenever the spouse is not looking.
Tyco RF-16 ABA heading streamliners (you may have seen this image before)
This Xmas with more rolling stock I just add more driven axles; call out the Little Six to get up and over.
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TYCO RF-16's "Sharks" in an ABA SET, I'M DROOLING, jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted - March 27 2012 : 8:42:10 PM
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quote:Thanks for the contributions fellas. Good effort.
Busss and OGhoul this pic is right up your alley I think.
Originally posted by Alco Fan - March 17 2012 : 10:12:34 AM
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I'ma Western Maryland modeler as well as the B&O, if you don't mind me asking, who made that Western Maryland gray hopper? Athearn? I've got one, BUT, more the reason for the post is, I have another one thats Western Maryland in gray with black lettering, BUT I'm not sure of the maker! Nice model, BUT, I know its old......So I'm trying to figure out the maker of it.
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Posted - March 27 2012 : 9:09:17 PM
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It's been a while since I got it. Athearn, Bowser or MDC possibly. I'll have to look at it.
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Posted - March 28 2012 : 6:48:36 PM
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Thanks Alco! (Adam?)
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Posted - March 28 2012 : 8:40:28 PM
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Nope not Adam.
I looked and it's an Athearn hopper and probably 10 years old+.
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quote:Thanks for the contributions fellas. Good effort.
Busss and OGhoul this pic is right up your alley I think.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/alco fan/20120317101115_bnconsist.jpg
Originally posted by Alco Fan - March 17 2012 : 10:12:34 AM
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lol, You're right, I do dig it.
Here's a video I shot since I rebuilt how the headlights are mounted.
Here's another showing off some Norfolk Southern action. And my cat.
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Posted - April 06 2012 : 12:42:40 AM
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quote:Nope not Adam.
I looked and it's an Athearn hopper and probably 10 years old+.
Originally posted by Alco Fan - March 28 2012 : 8:40:28 PM
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Sorry about that Alco! I knew a guy that ALWAYS went by Alco, and you sort of remind me of him and I simply wondered if you were him!
As for the WM hopper, THANKS! I took mine out, and the one I have, doesn't have a roadnumber on it! It looks like the Athearn one, BUT underside of it has "dimples" where the 2 closest wheelsets would rub if it didn't, and they are factory like that, I wonder if its not an MDC Roundhouse model.....Thing is, I don't know exactly as there is no markings on it!
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Posted - April 07 2012 : 08:11:12 AM
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Another consist for those fans of the BN. The middle one and the end unit respectively are an early Gen I Powertorque set-up and the last a nonpowered with the lead engine is a Gen II PT.
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Posted - April 24 2012 : 4:45:07 PM
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Do I still win with these BNSFs all facing forward?
Before anyone asks the flatcar behind locos are Wind Generator hubs
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Posted - April 24 2012 : 8:32:30 PM
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I've heard that "Lash-up" is called elephant style due to the way they go tail to trunk.
Nice pic Busss.
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Posted - April 24 2012 : 9:29:26 PM
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Yep nose to tail is elephant style......
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