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 Posted - February 05 2012 : 04:31:09 AM
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Looks like everything on the forum is getting off to a slow start this week so I guess I'll do the honors and post something. My post this week is an Athearn RTR, Chessie System SD-50 which is an absolutely beautiful locomotive (I can't belive nobody has posted one of these yet) which makes me just want to go run some coal trains if I had a layout...LOL..You'll have to excuse me once again for the quality of the photo because I had to take it from my iPhone because my digital camera finally died. Anyways, enjoy, and lets get some stuff going here guys and gal's!
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 08:31:22 AM
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love that loco,but date is wrong,should be Feb 5th-Feb 11th,my loco is an aristocraft frisco,ken
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 1:48:09 PM
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got this in the collection we bought this week,red box number 4015
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 1:50:20 PM
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My 2 smallest tender engine! Got it for $15 while in VA at a hobby shop. Had a smoke box door for it. Not a bad price.
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 2:05:28 PM
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My lotw, a PFM brass NP 4-6-0 received in trade from CatfordKen across the pond (this loco has probably travelled more than the real one!).
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 2:05:46 PM
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cool SF loco RB I got the same one from a friend
Here are 2 more from same friend who was gonna scrap O.O
Ok It needs wheels  Didn't one of you kitbash this loco?
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 2:07:59 PM
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Ben, the 2 engines I sent you are as follows:
Model Power/Yugo RS-11
AHM?Kader FT-A
Have fun with my old stuff! Glad they gots a good home.
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 2:22:22 PM
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quote:My lotw, a PFM brass NP 4-6-0 received in trade from CatfordKen across the pond (this loco has probably travelled more than the real one!).
Originally posted by Adams - February 05 2012 : 2:05:28 PM
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Very nice like to have that myself.
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 2:24:00 PM
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quote:My 2 smallest tender engine! Got it for $15 while in VA at a hobby shop. Had a smoke box door for it. Not a bad price.I just got one like this at a show a few weeks back,number is 24. Going for the 99 next. Great little runner.
Originally posted by Redneck Justin - February 05 2012 : 1:50:20 PM
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 2:49:50 PM
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Hey Adams:
Got a few Brassies from CFK myself.
Your CNR 10 wheeler, whats the label on the box say, is it a Van Hobbies (PFM) CN H-6-g?
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 3:09:54 PM
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hi gareth in reality its a northern pacific s-4 ten wheeler,just painted for cnr ken
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 3:59:33 PM
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| Yes, I'm not really a CN fan, or NP for that matter, so the livery may change at some point. For now, it will be a 'second hand' loco brought in to work on my railroad. I'm well pleased with it though--I'm up to a whopping 2 brass loco collection!
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 4:05:27 PM
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Here's another loco I've recently finished refurbishing--Penn Line Consolidation. I stripped, painted, and decalled the tender. The loco just needed some touch up, and I sprayed both with a matte clear to make the black paints look the same. It came with a wooden plinth with metal nameplate which is a nice touch. Crew was added also.
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 5:31:58 PM
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Thanks sense Ken. I think I remember you telling me that.
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 5:46:39 PM
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Ben, that's an AHM/Kader (Bachmann) F3, although they put it on their longer F7/9 chassis.
Here's something I'm quite proud of. It's a Rivarossi Milwaukee F-7 4-6-4 Hiawatha that I picked up secondhand at the LHS, but in mint unrun condition. He was asking $110, but because they couldn't get it to run well he gave it to me for $75, which is a steal. The only problem turned out to be swollen traction tires, so some clear Goody hair bands and straightening a slightly bent cab handrail later, here she is.
It's from a 90's production run with a Japanese can motor. 
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 6:02:17 PM
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  Love that Milwaukee Road loco, NKP759 & thanks for he info
Sounds like to me a easy & silly fix I'll watch for that when buying trains
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 6:13:45 PM
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Ben, it's a little sad, really. The owner of my LHS has people selling whole collections at a loss just because they need the money due to the economy. I've been checking in often because I've gotten some great deals like this, but I feel bad for the poor guys in such dire straits. At least I can give a few of their items a good home.
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 8:02:21 PM
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Here is my LOTW:
Just purchased tonight! It is an almost all brass Mantua pre-WWII 4-6-2 Pacific! It is not complete, but I can rob parts from one of my Atlantics to finish it!
Maybe, someday when i do not have anything else on my list of things to do!
Sean
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 8:52:52 PM
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Fresh back from the Timonium bargain fields I come, bearing photographs of my catches. Overall a good day, I ran trains with my club members on the modular layout, and did bountiful shopping. Here's a classic, a Mantua camelback. Needs some work, $20 I paid for it.
Overall a great day, I found some nice pieces, some projects, and some unusual stuff - all good for me! Will share later.
Jerry
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 8:55:21 PM
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Nice stuff guys... Hey Ben, I've got a use for those wipers on that Conrail unit if it's a junker...
Mine is my Mantua and Athearn Pacifics sharing the spotlight. I know I've posted them before but somehow I've wound up with quite a collection of 4-6-2s of all kinds...
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Posted - February 05 2012 : 11:28:07 PM
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* Choice for the week is the Athearn GP7. It is painted in Tuscan Red as Pennsy had done with this numbered locomotive. Frank
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Posted - February 06 2012 : 11:50:16 AM
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quote:Ben, it's a little sad, really. The owner of my LHS has people selling whole collections at a loss just because they need the money due to the economy. I've been checking in often because I've gotten some great deals like this, but I feel bad for the poor guys in such dire straits. At least I can give a few of their items a good home.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â February 05 2012Â :Â 6:13:45 PM
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awww  I'm sorry but yeah the economy has hit EVERYONE hard from homeowners right down to ones who play with trains  Even the local moving company I work for has been hit hard
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Posted - February 06 2012 : 8:12:06 PM
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 newest ebay find a mantua 0-6-0 shifter. This is the ebay photo, the loco should be here in a week, only paid $10!
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - February 06 2012 : 9:28:35 PM
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Ben!
Nelson said "...it's a little sad..." ,not, it's a crying shame!
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Posted - February 06 2012 : 10:09:26 PM
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Here is my LOTW, my fictional line Chattanooga, Jackson, and Gulf SD40-2
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