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Starting off with something purple, got this project ACL F7 at the Bunker Hill WV show last fall, still haven't done anything with it. Might be Marx or Gilbert, I forget. Will work on it this year.
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Posted - April 29 2012 : 10:02:42 PM
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The ACL F3 is Varney.
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Posted - April 29 2012 : 11:00:33 PM
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quote:The ACL F3 is Varney.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - April 29 2012 : 10:02:42 PM
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yeah, that was my OTHER guess.   
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 12:50:12 AM
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Hi AMC_Gremlin_GT,
I love the paint scheme on the ACL F7. I have a Varney F7B in the ACL scheme but it is in bad shape.
Thanks for sharing.
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 06:47:07 AM
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I'll stay with the purple theme...
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 07:35:44 AM
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Those metal shelled, F units are F-3's! I have I believe 3 sets of AB units of them......
I plan to add them to Athearn frames for better running as a few of them, are missing their frames so.....
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 07:57:07 AM
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my loco this week is this tenshodo nyc Mohawk,weighs a ton (1.5 kilo in the boxes) ken
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 08:15:56 AM
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Ken,
Again........NICE! (even tho I'm not a big NYC fan) I respect the brass-ive-ness to it! BEAUTIFULL DETAIL!
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 10:00:46 AM
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Here is a John English Pacific.
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 10:02:38 AM
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oooo IGA loco! gimmie! Nice loco tho
The only thing I has with IGA is a flatcar with containers
Does IGA still put out train sets? 
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 4:05:35 PM
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IGA? I thought that was an old Grocery store? Hmmmmm Did they make train sets for the holidays like "Shop & Save" did?
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 4:21:57 PM
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| EM-1 it IS a grocery store The train sets were put out durning the holiday
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 5:13:26 PM
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Hey buss, Trainminature made 2 different IGA 40 foot reefers. One steel and one wood. Both very well done .
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 5:15:56 PM
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I never seen the IGA trainsets so I think thats awesome! (The one that was in my home tyown back in Pennsylvania was out of business by I believe, 1989! Then it was just the local Shop&Save, and it has gone belly up to now have a "Food Lion" being the only gracery store game in town!
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 5:45:06 PM
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thanks to frank mentioning,i went to tony`s resource and found that he now has tm on it check it out ken
scroll down this link to find iga
http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/trainminiature/id162.html
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Posted - April 30 2012 : 8:43:17 PM
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| nice cars in the link, Ken *drooools*
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Posted - May 01 2012 : 04:15:36 AM
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Not sure if this loco has been posted. Its a Mantua 4-8-0 and got it for $35.
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Posted - May 01 2012 : 05:29:42 AM
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Nice one Justin! Got a question for ya..... see the cylinders on that 4-8-0? Those are the type cylinder s and size I need, you do alot and may have any of them? I'd purchase a set of those, 2 pairs if you'd have them!
I'd settle right now for one set but.... I actually have 2 separeate projects going on that requires those type cylinders!
Sadly, I'm having one hell of a time finding just one of them for now!
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Posted - May 04 2012 : 12:51:22 PM
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Hi All!
This is my LOTW!
My buddy Brian in VA sent me pictures last night of my newly restored Tenshodo brass 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive.
Pre:
During:
Post:
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Posted - May 04 2012 : 1:05:31 PM
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| thats one wicked loco sean,bet it weighs a bit,i missed one here but i will not miss the next i hope.ken
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Posted - May 04 2012 : 2:33:19 PM
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quote: missed one here but i will not miss the next i hope.ken
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What one did you miss Ken?
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Posted - May 04 2012 : 2:39:37 PM
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| a tenshodo big boy ken
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Posted - May 04 2012 : 2:47:17 PM
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quote:a tenshodo big boy ken
Originally posted by catfordken - May 04 2012 : 2:39:37 PM
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Where, On eBay? What listing?
I just got this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170833635446?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
The big boy is actually a Rivarossi. The seller and I worked out a deal afterwards that was suitable to both of us.
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Posted - May 04 2012 : 3:11:44 PM
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| sean it was here in uk went for peanuts (£149) but got caught out as funds were low ken
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Posted - May 04 2012 : 5:59:43 PM
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i got 2 locos this week as birthday presents. My birthday was tuesday so they've definatlly gotten some run time  here's my amazing climax!
 here's the 0-6-0T
The climax now carries an oil bunker she runs perfect at crawling speeds and doesnt stall anywhere no complaints whats so ever
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - May 04 2012 : 6:27:43 PM
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Ken, interesting to see how long the Mohawk tenders were compared to the Hudson.
Sean, that Big Boy is amazing! What does the Mystic Seer predict for it? /tyco/forum/uploaded/NickelPlate759/icon_mi_2.gif
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Posted - May 04 2012 : 7:12:35 PM
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| hey Sean Amazing job on the Big Boy oooooo *jealous* Tho I'd rather have #4004
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Posted - May 04 2012 : 9:53:10 PM
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Thanks guys! My buddy has had it for almost a year now.
I can not wait to see it. There are a few small details yet to be added, like a bell and jewels, but otherwise it is done! He still has to finish my MEW logging mechanical crane. He has had that even longer now. Something like 1.5 years.
He does great ...fantastic work and we work out good deals together, so I dare not push him at all. No sense rocking the boat. I traded him a Tenshodo Challenger for the restoration of the Big Boy, a shay, a Climax, a Heisler and a HOn3 4-6-0.
If anyone has seen what he previously did for my NP Z-8 4-6-6-4 Challenger made by Samhongsa. It was a true basket case when he started!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9977705@N05/sets/72157624442816551/
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quote:I never seen the IGA trainsets so I think thats awesome! (The one that was in my home tyown back in Pennsylvania was out of business by I believe, 1989! Then it was just the local Shop&Save, and it has gone belly up to now have a "Food Lion" being the only gracery store game in town!
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â April 30 2012Â :Â 5:15:56 PM
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IGA is International Grocers of America.
I must warn you about Food Lion! Back between 1990-1995...
They were kicked out of Tulsa, OK... It's a fact that they repackage their meats.
They bleach their rotting ham and add seasoning... Don't trust their stores!
Food Lion was on Date Line, 20/20, and a few other information shows...
It's too bad it's the only store in town. But, be warned!
Z.
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Posted - May 05 2012 : 01:08:49 AM
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quote:
Interesting to know!
Speaking of which, you know your user name seems familar! You would happen to have the first name John? I believe about a year ago, I sent you some Refrigerator cars to Canada......
Just your Zebrails screen name looks familar! I happen to be John as well, under "yellowstone10" on yahoo!
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Posted - May 05 2012 : 01:24:29 AM
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Zebrails and reefers go figure! Well Reefers and tha "Van" area hmmmmmm
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Posted - May 05 2012 : 01:34:25 AM
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Yeah Gareth....I traded the refers for some gondola's and I believe flat cars.....
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quote:Yeah Gareth....I traded the refers for some gondola's and I believe flat cars.....
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â May 05 2012Â :Â 01:34:25 AM
Zebrails and reefers go figure! Well Reefers and tha "Van" area hmmmmmm
-Gareth Interesting to know!
Speaking of which, you know your user name seems familar! You would happen to have the first name John? I believe about a year ago, I sent you some Refrigerator cars to Canada......
Just your Zebrails screen name looks familar! I happen to be John as well, under "yellowstone10" on yahoo! |
EDITED. Thanks people.
I was/am into collecting reefers (the model railroad kind) and I explained my "Zebrails" name.
Zebras being my favourite animals and railroads being my hobby, I combined the two together.
John
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Posted - May 05 2012 : 4:48:40 PM
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Zebrarails - What you need is a boxcar in zebra stripes!
The cars at Walmart were called Wild Cherries No longer made as are the Malibu ones
But I belive the molds got sold to Model Power
Also I got a $10 train set but I'll wait till next week's LOTW & COTW to reveal the surprize hehe
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Posted - May 05 2012 : 5:21:07 PM
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Zebrails,
Theres no animosity at all, your user name flicked a switch and I had to think alittle as to were I remembered it from.....
As for the refers, all is well. I got the other end of the deal so.....
When we did that trade, we both were in HOYARDSALE, which has changed it name recently to HOInterchange.....
Speaking of, if your interested, I do have more refers too! as they seem to be like bad pennies for me and keep turning up!
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Posted - May 05 2012 : 6:06:29 PM
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Hey Zeb;
No issues with me!
I was remembering a few years back how interested you were in Reefer cars and such.
I think you're seeing something thats not there.
And now back to trains!
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Posted - May 09 2012 : 04:48:27 AM
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Yes, a bunch of SWIFT reefers... I had a big collection of SWIFT reefers, from the earliest time they started to the 50' mechanical types.
Yes... "Had" a big collection, from almost every kit and r-t-r producer that made them.
Traded the whole lot for an awesome dvd set of the oldest railroad videos ever taken. Pre 1900's videos from, believe it or not, Thomas Edison. Also included a bunch of Pennsy videos...
They are "Muskoka Productions" dvd's...
Swift left, oldies galore!
And people, thank you for bringing me up-to-date. I do a lot of thinking, I seldom get bored.
Feast or famine with me.
Now, as far as reefers... it may be a bit before I inquire for more. I've got two locomotives from Bowser coming this year.
Two demonstrators: C-636 and U25B
I am still looking for a decent E Unit, RS 11, RS 27... more and more...
The two Bowsers will cost me over $200, and both with no sound.
I also got something else to show you, too... A timer hooked up to my power-pack...
8:00 a.m. my Proto 2000 U30B with the QSI sound, roars to life and pulls 15 cars (and caboose) around my layout... Total outer mainline loop footage: +55 feet.
That scene in "Arthur" with Dudley Moore, his alarm-clock in his bedroom... I seen it... I MADE it!
Sorry, I got carried away in my simple pleasure-turned-reality!
John
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Posted - May 09 2012 : 07:47:36 AM
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John,
Its all good! I know that reality, I live it everyday!
Nothing wrong with what they say we all suffer from, I actually enjoy it!
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Posted - May 10 2012 : 5:20:09 PM
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That Food Lion story sounds just like what happened in Tampa in the mid 90s, after a local undercover TV consumer reporter was hired in one of their store's butcher depts. He filmed the bleaching of expired hams, etc that were put back out for sale and Food Lion virtually pulled out of Florida within 6 months. The store they had just opened in a nearby strip mall went vacant and then, ironically, became a fitness center!
IGA Foodstores also operate/operated the "Piggly-Wiggly" chain I remember so well from the Midwest growing up.
Now that logo, an upright pink pig in a butcher hat and coat, would really light up the side of a diesel!
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