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I saw these almost everyday as I crossed the tracks to walk to elementary school. This was one of the first engines I bought when I came back to the hobby.
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 09:20:43 AM
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my loco(s) this week are 3 repaints awaiting decals for pgw and dullcote ken
top Penn line Pacific,bottom mantua pacific
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 09:56:08 AM
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This was an ebay purchase last week. I got this and a BL2 for $10. Both were in the box, but this one appears to be like new. The motor had fallen out of its bracket and one of the driveshafts was out of place, but it was easy to put back together.
I'll save the BL2 for later.
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 10:27:05 AM
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Eye popping colour scheme B77!
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 11:01:36 AM
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real cool loco B77 Looks like one of the fantasy schemes  By the time this loco went into production NP was now BN 
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 11:03:58 AM
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Tyco chrome B&O
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 11:06:28 AM
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This is my LOTW:
It is a custom built brass 0-6-0 with what appears to be Varney drivers, motor & steam chest:
Here is another view:
Sorry not much better!
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 11:18:32 AM
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Sean:
What's the Prairie in front 2nd pic?
-Gareth
PS; didn't get reply to last email about the Lil Joe....
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 11:55:04 AM
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quote:Sean:
What's the Prairie in front 2nd pic?
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Gareth,
That's not a Prairie. It is a Mantua all brass 2-8-0 Reading Consolidation. It dates from about 1939.
Sean
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 12:08:30 PM
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Right, I thought the rear wheel was smaller and on a trailing truck. The bloated firebox is sure characteristic of that Gen of Mantua.
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 12:19:46 PM
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hey Sean The Camelback seems to have it's front coupler twisted 
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 12:31:21 PM
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My LOTW is an NFL Superbowl Express , Mantua Made in China, circa 1993 printed on the bottom. Been watching for one of these, finally got one reasonable. Condition appears to be near mint, haven't tried to run it yet. Somewhere in my collection of HO rolling stock is an ( I'll admit it ) a St. Louis Rams boxcar. Always been a Rams fan since childhood, never lived on the west coast or midwest. But just like'em for some strange reason.
Maybe now that I have the engine, I will collect a few more NFL boxcars with my local teams , and my wife's, to pull around eventually.
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 Posted - November 20 2011 : 12:41:16 PM
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quote:hey Sean The Camelback seems to have it's front coupler twisted
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That's the way I roll Micro!
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 12:47:14 PM
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Alco's Pennsy switcher reminded me of my very first HO engine, a Union Pacific SW7:
It's a real current hog, but it still runs smoothly like it always did.
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 1:33:10 PM
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The Athearn SW7 belongs in the MRR version of Cooperstown!
How many people started on one of these or graduated to it as their first step up from a trainset!?
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 3:38:43 PM
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quote:The Athearn SW7 belongs in the MRR version of Cooperstown!
How many people started on one of these or graduated to it as their first step up from a trainset!?
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Not me. I never had one of these that I recall. I don't think I ever bought an Athearn until I was much older , in my twenties/thirties. I had Lime and AHM, but nothing really high line.
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 6:02:45 PM
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I bought my first Athearn bb kit when I was 16. I grew up on a Bachmann diesel flyer set (kader cake F9, 90's edition) and a crappy double diesel Life Like set. Still have my Bachmann set. The LL, future scrapyard box! Thing was cheap and barely ran!
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 6:54:55 PM
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My first step-up from my train set (after an old Fleischmann loco my grandma found in her basement) was an Athearn F7. The one on the left was my first Athearn, the right I bought earlier this year.
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 8:44:33 PM
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Some more F's...
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 10:46:03 PM
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Cheez;
want a matching "B" unit cheap brand new in the box?
make a nice ABA LASH UP!
Gareth
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 10:47:32 PM
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Mike
have you thought about filling in the second headlight per the original Canadian F's? Squaring off that rear overhang and...
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 11:27:49 PM
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quote:The Athearn SW7 belongs in the MRR version of Cooperstown!
How many people started on one of these or graduated to it as their first step up from a trainset!?
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I actually never had one of those until a couple years ago when I bought two at an auction. I've picked up one other since then.
My first non-trainset loco was an Athearn BN GP50, with the tiger stripes on the nose. It was 1989, I think, and I got my first Life-Like set for Christmas. It came with a D&H GP38-2, which I loved, but I wanted something BN like I saw down the road at the RR crossing. So my dad picked up the Athearn on the way home from work. I still run it with pride.
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Posted - November 20 2011 : 11:45:05 PM
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Hey B77;
my first new and non-trainset unit was a D&H Alco PA, I think #17 and I wanted that cause I had ridden behind them once on the "Adirondack" out of Montreal.
The Athearn now so many years later I thought so ubiquitous. Perhaps coloured by the patina of nostalgia...
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Posted - November 21 2011 : 12:47:33 AM
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I also thought of Athearn as ubiquitous. That's pretty much all the shops around here stocked. Its only now that I find out about all the great things I missed out on, like the entire AHM product line. That stuff was gone by the time I got into the hobby.
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Posted - November 21 2011 : 08:32:46 AM
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* Here is a Reading 2-8-0 camelback. Resting alongside the roundhouse wall. It is in need of a repaint but the Reading is low on cash. I dont kmow why. This engine just pulled a long string of open hoppers full of coal down to the piers in Jersey City.
frank
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Posted - November 21 2011 : 7:35:48 PM
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Here is mine this week, I got these in a lot last week. Athearn custom detailed and powered
 
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Posted - November 21 2011 : 7:49:31 PM
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Jeremy:
Whats the structure behind the "40"?
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Posted - November 21 2011 : 8:16:02 PM
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Seems to be a lot of switchers, thought I'd add another...
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Posted - November 21 2011 : 9:00:02 PM
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An old Campbell and Sons "Town" backdrop. I just tape it up to give my pics more depth, till I get my dream layout finished.
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Posted - November 23 2011 : 7:24:29 PM
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| Regarding the Athearn BB switcher above, I can also say this was MY first non-set loco. In fact, it was also a UP version. My mother bought it for me when I was about 11 (in 1976). It's been repainted about 5 times over the years, and I still have it today.
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Posted - November 23 2011 : 7:30:03 PM
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TIME FER STEAM!!! My latest eBay purchase @ $22! I now have both versions of Tyco's ATSF 2-8-0's! The seller (trainz.com) stated it had the wrong tender! The right one though.
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Posted - November 23 2011 : 8:49:17 PM
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Cheez & Mike, that is one cool CN paint scheme on those F units. 
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Posted - November 23 2011 : 9:52:25 PM
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Nelson,
Funny you should say that cause those "F's" of Cheez & Mike's you like are what those chassis we've been talking about are for!
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Posted - November 23 2011 : 10:51:05 PM
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quote:Cheez & Mike, that is one cool CN paint scheme on those F units.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â November 23 2011Â :Â 8:49:17 PM
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thanks Niclkleplate....
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Posted - November 23 2011 : 11:50:13 PM
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Mike:
Yours are all geared right?
Mine are all Hi-F.
I think I have three; ABB. One more "A" and I can sing bad 80's pop tunes!!!
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Posted - November 24 2011 : 12:04:59 AM
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| ooo tiger stripe BN units The reason behind that was for visibility It didn't work & all tiger striped locos were repainted green with a big BN on the noses
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quote:| I think I have three; ABB. One more "A" and I can sing bad 80's pop tunes!!! |
Ahhh come on I am to young for them but they had a few good songs... Who doesn't like ABBA
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