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 Posted - June 14 2012 : 10:21:41 AM
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these 2 arrived today,the diesel is an overland great northern sd7,with full cab detail,directional lighting,lots of detail plus sprung trucks,runs great,other is 2 covered hoppers,which were thrown in,no idea who made or what if any railroad used them ken
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Posted - June 14 2012 : 3:47:09 PM
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| The hoppers look like an early PS-2 design, where the slope sheets meet the roof at an acute angle. There are some variants on this design but they were pretty common on many railroads of the era (40's - up). Nice find! The loco's a beauty, too. Hard to go wrong with Great Northern :)
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Posted - June 14 2012 : 4:30:21 PM
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| cheers tony most certainly a ps-2 covered hopper,regards the sd7 pulls good and sounds good ken
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Posted - June 14 2012 : 6:48:50 PM
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do the light on top blink? If not then make it blink 
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Posted - June 14 2012 : 7:04:36 PM
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Ken Great, Great Northern Locomotive. Realy like the color. Do you have any matching box cars.
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Posted - June 14 2012 : 7:44:04 PM
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| frank not that l can think of ken
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Posted - June 14 2012 : 9:08:56 PM
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i love the earlier EMD stuff. sd7's sd9's sd24's & high hood sd40'-2s are my favorites.
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 03:10:51 AM
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Speaking of new Arrivals...
My latest addition to the:
"Vimy Locomotive Works"
1:1 scale.... for work on 1/87th scale! 
Specs:
MAX DISTANCE FROM CHUCK TO TABLE IS 5 3/4"
MAX DISTANCE FROM CHUCK TO BASE IS 7"
MAX SPINDLE FEED TRAVEL IS 1 1/4"
OVERALL WIDTH IS 5 1/4"
OVERALL DEPTH IS 11"
WEIGHT IS 9LBS
TABLE SIZE WITH CLAMPING SLOTS AND A 5/8" CENTER HOLE IS 4"x4"
SPINDLE RUNOUT AT CHECK MOUNTING TAPER IS WITHIN .0001" *
WILL DRILL HOLES FROM 5/32 TO .002 AND TO THE CENTER OF A 5" CIRCLE.(A 1/4" CHUCK
WITH BUSHING IN AVAILABLE FOR HOLES UP TO .250")
COMES WITH A SINGLE SPEED CONTINUOUS DUTY 1/7 HP.
HP UNIVERSAL HEAVY DUTY MOTOR
A SINGLE SPEED MOTOR PROVIDES 3 SPINDLE SPEEDS OF 9,500-17,000 AND 30,000 RPM. (A
SPEED CONTROL UNIT MAY BE USED TO DIAL ANY SPEED FROM 0-30,000 RPM)
THE SPINDLE,PULLEY AND MOTOR ARE DYNAMICALLY BALANCED FOR SMOOTH
PERFORMANCE
MODEL A HAS A JACOBS KEY-TYPE CHUCK(0-5/32")
Happy Dance! 
-Gareth
* if you're not sure what that works out to pick up a ruler and look at the smaller lines at best you'll see a scale of 1/64th of an inch. This is 1/10000 (or one ten thousandths of an inch- a BIT smaller!) 
"A is A"
-Aristotle
Law of Identification
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 06:44:43 AM
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| hi ben,no the light does not work on cab roof,shame but not really a problem for me,smokie i agree they do have a certain charm ken
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 10:58:28 AM
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quote:
Gareth,
NICE drill press man! Thats an old one but, as you know the older tools were the best......
Now you need a good "press" vice for it........
~John
Many have tried to, and failed, ya just can't repair stupid...
Do NOT try to Idiot-Proof anything!!!! God, will simply create a better......IDIOT!
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 11:00:17 AM
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quote:these 2 arrived today,the diesel is an overland great northern sd7,with full cab detail,directional lighting,lots of detail plus sprung trucks,runs great,other is 2 covered hoppers,which were thrown in,no idea who made or what if any railroad used them ken
Originally posted by catfordken - June 14 2012 : 10:21:41 AM
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Ken, that SD-7/9 looks GREAT! Glad to hear it runs well too! Open frame motor or can motor in it?
Very Nice catych with the PS-2's as well! They on my layout would be part of my Western Maryland "Gray Train" a unit train nothing but gray covered hoppers!
~John
Many have tried to, and failed, ya just can't repair stupid...
Do NOT try to Idiot-Proof anything!!!! God, will simply create a better......IDIOT!
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 11:49:26 AM
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hi john the gp7 is a mashima dual flywheel system,ken
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 1:49:01 PM
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Toptrain:
I have two cars with the GN color scheme similar to the loco that Ken is showing:
One is a Model Power:
I picked this one up at a Hobbytown franchise store in Tampa.
The other one may be an Intermountain, due to the well-detailed undercarriage and metal wheels, but I am not sure:
Siouxlake/ Ron
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 2:07:36 PM
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| I believe gn had 5 schemes in diesel era have one in the loco,and one in the caboose,would like the other 3 in shape of boxcar or whatever ken
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 4:04:50 PM
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Great Northers box cars I have.
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 4:11:12 PM
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only 2 cars i have are these plus the caboose in sky blue and the loco which makes three of the 5 ken
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 4:18:01 PM
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Ken your car is either Varney or Life like? That is there silk screening.
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 4:20:02 PM
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frank its a varney,regards the great northern would like all i have not got to make a rake out of,oops here i go again another railroad ken
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Posted - June 15 2012 : 9:27:05 PM
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great GN boxcars, Ken but you're missing the LAST scheme GN had b4 the BN merger
I belive that was the shortest logo design in GN's history
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Posted - June 16 2012 : 08:28:23 AM
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ben what scheme was that,is it this one ken
diesels at first were all over black
next came empire builder scheme in 1941
them came the simplified scheme in 1962
next was
and lastly the famous big sky blue
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Posted - June 16 2012 : 11:01:47 AM
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I'll add another GN pic...
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