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I was running this and thought LOTW. Tyco but with an outsourced running gear from Rivarossi.
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 09:33:37 AM
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Nice...you'll find they run better when all toes are touching the rails though....
My newest, an Athearn RDC3...I sold the two I owned and missed the way they drove, this one was a 'Pay It Forward' offer from another forum...
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 2:11:30 PM
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My RDC 3...not done yet ...still a lil scruffy
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 2:26:45 PM
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Mike,
A really nice MU2 powered Century 430. One of the prettiest paint jobs, schemes, around.
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 2:34:20 PM
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my loco this week is an SP DAYLIGHT GS-4 4-8-4
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 3:08:40 PM
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 newest buy, a mantua 4-6-0 rio grande dixiebell, has been gone through and is a great runner now!
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 4:36:37 PM
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This Cox GP9 is riding on a Walthers GP9 running gear. Added a decoder to it, it's a nice runner.
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 02:16:36 AM
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Here is my dual motored Chessie C630 using RF-400-CA motors.
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 06:47:46 AM
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Great work Ray, you beat my LOTW with a "pair"of motors and you get extra points for a Tyco post. I need to start looking for motors.
Is this a recent re-power?
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 11:41:33 AM
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quote:
Is this a recent re-power?
Originally posted by Alco Fan - July 30 2012 : 06:47:46 AM
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I had been working on this for awhile.
I had the trucks prepped for the motors then as I found the thinner RF-400-CA motors I installed the remotored trucks in the loco.
First replacing the front truck and then the rear when I found the second motor.
It ran fine with the single remotored truck but I just had to have a dual motored C630. 
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 4:39:31 PM
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Ray,
Awesome. I'd like to see it run.
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 9:18:11 PM
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Athearn Genesis AT&SF F7A Phase I-smoothest running model locomotive I've ever seen.
It has incredible low speed performance.
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 9:31:17 PM
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EMD E-8A Demonstrator by Proto 2000
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 11:52:35 PM
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quote: [center]
EMD E-8A Demonstrator by Proto 2000
Originally posted by a6m5zerosen - July 30 2012 : 9:31:17 PM
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#952 sold to the Rock Island as their #634...
Two other EMD E-8 Demo's, #'s 810 & 811 were painted in Delaware, Lakawanna & Western colours/colors, sold to the DL & W, kept their numbers throughout their careers.
The models are sought after. I'm seeking them.
Do/did this Proto model have the gear chirp/crack problem?
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 5:33:47 PM
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| I don't know-I've run it some and haven't noticed any problems. Is there a replacement gear set to fix it if it does occur?
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 5:43:08 PM
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Regarding Proto2000 diesels with cracked gears, you can use Athearn part #60024. I have had to do this with the BL2, FA, and F3s that I have, but so far not my E6 diesels. The E units seem to still be fine.
Here is a Youtube that explains the process:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6rICPsxQbY
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 8:42:42 PM
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quote:
I had been working on this for awhile.
I had the trucks prepped for the motors then as I found the thinner RF-400-CA motors I installed the remotored trucks in the loco.
First replacing the front truck and then the rear when I found the second motor.
It ran fine with the single remotored truck but I just had to have a dual motored C630.
Originally posted by Ray Marinaccio - July 30 2012 : 11:41:33 AM
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Ray, do you have the motors wired in parallel or series?
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 8:46:28 PM
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Tyco Alco Rock Island FA-1 with some detail painting and some work with a fine tipped Sharpie permanent marker. This was one of my early efforts about twenty years ago.
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 8:47:59 PM
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quote:Regarding Proto2000 diesels with cracked gears, you can use Athearn part #60024. I have had to do this with the BL2, FA, and F3s that I have, but so far not my E6 diesels. The E units seem to still be fine.
Here is a Youtube that explains the process:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6rICPsxQbY
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This is why I love this forum.
Thank you, Thomas!
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 9:05:50 PM
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quote: 
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TYCO FA's?  I know they made the Shark-noses... but FA's?
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 9:05:53 PM
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Tyco Amtrak GG1 # 905
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 10:06:42 PM
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The Tyco FA is a "gray area" indeed. Strictly speaking it is not a Tyco locomotive, but towards the very end of Tyco's model railroad product marketing they were released in sets. I bought this set brand new at a Toys-R-Us in Oklahoma in about 1992. I don't know who actually made the lococmotive, but it has a vertically mounted motor at the very rear of the chassis, and says "Made in Yugoslavia" on the bottom of the fuel tank. Interestingly enough, the FA was in the sealed set box in a Tyco unmarked brown box with a cardboard insert, but the photos on the boxtop show a Rock Island F-9A (which I also have an example of, and is shown below. It says "RSO-Made in Yugoslavia" also.)., while the artwork on the boxtop shows a Rock Island Baldwin RF-16 Sharknose!
I still have the set box. There were actually two sets-"The Overnight Freight" and "The Rock Island Express"-that fell in this category.
Overnight Freight
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One of five TYCO train sets found in the 1992 catalog, The Overnight Freight set's description states that it features a Lighted Shark Nose Diesel. The package art for the set does appear to show a Shark Nose. Closer inspection of the diesel residing within the Overnight Freight box shows an F-unit. The image TYCO uses for the set also is an F-unit. The red Rock Island F-9A diesel powering The Overnight Freight is a Yugoslovian-made diesel that appears in very late TYCO sets from the early 1990s. To my knowledge, TYCO did not sell this diesel as a separate item and it was only found in train sets impersonating a Shark Nose. This F-9's tool and die work may have its basis in the defunct American Train & Track offerings of the late '60s and early 1970s. The Overnight Freight also included a 50' Box Car; a 40' Hopper Car; and Rock Island Caboose. The set came with a 17-piece Bridge & Trestle Set; 14-sections of track capable of making a 36" x 45" oval layout; TYCO's Quik-Clik Clips; and a 1-amp Tyco-Pak. In addition to the replacement F-9A seen here, The Overnight Freight has also been spotted with a red-and-yellow Rock Island Alco FA diesel, also produced for the set in Yugoslovia.
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 11:45:59 PM
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quote:
The Tyco FA is a "gray area" indeed. Strictly speaking it is not a Tyco locomotive, but towards the very end of Tyco's model railroad product marketing they were released in sets. I bought this set brand new at a Toys-R-Us in Oklahoma in about 1992. I don't know who actually made the lococmotive, but it has a vertically mounted motor at the very rear of the chassis, and says "Made in Yugoslavia" on the bottom of the fuel tank.
Originally posted by a6m5zerosen - July 31 2012 : 10:06:42 PM
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I've seen these turn up on eBay when sellers erroneously mark them as AHM. The confusion is understandable, since they were made by Mehano and share the same single truck drive as the C-Liner and BL2. Mehano seemed to do a lot of manufacturing for Tyco toward the end, including Chattanooga steamers without a tender drive. That's probably how Mehano ended up with the 0-8-0 / 2-8-0 boiler tooling.
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 12:24:23 AM
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Awesome noting.
Thank you all. I am educated every time I come to this forum, as well as delighted to see any offerings.
John
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 05:10:32 AM
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Mike,
NICE Chessie ALCO! I have a set of those...... Not that I run them much but I have them due to their paint job!
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 05:11:59 AM
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This is the Chessie TYCO I'd love top get my hands on one shell from them! I got re-powering plans for one of these!
As for the dual motors, NICE work Ray! I bet for the motor and type, it runs and even pulls pretty well like that!
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 10:54:39 AM
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neat history there, a6m5zerosen I do have one of them Tyco F units
1992 was when Tyco went outta buisness & sold toolings off to IHC
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 10:58:04 AM
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 12:09:25 PM
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This is the Chessie TYCO I'd love top get my hands on one shell from them! I got re-powering plans for one of these!
As for the dual motors, NICE work Ray! I bet for the motor and type, it runs and even pulls pretty well like that!
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â August 01 2012Â :Â 05:11:59 AM
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I found a pair of these at a swap meet back in the late 80s.
At one time I had a set of AHM U25C trucks under that loco, but put them back under the U25C later.
I plan to remotor the other one when I find a couple more of the same motors. Then MU them together.
This one runs great, still has the PT whine but has better low speed response and smoother acceleration. I haven't pulled more than a dozen cars up the 2% grades of my layout but I'm sure it will pull more.
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 7:06:56 PM
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This was the first serious detailing attempt I ever tried, about twenty years ago-these are Athearn units. They have many flaws, of course, but I still love them and run them every chance I get.
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 7:23:45 PM
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Nice detailing work a6 There's just something about having those extra grabs and wipers. And the marker lights look great too.
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 7:31:34 PM
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Thank you-Still trying to find a way to make some really good and bright number boards...
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 8:14:56 PM
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The elusive Tyco CP Rail F-9A-I looked for one of these for years before I found a good one.
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Posted - August 02 2012 : 09:11:51 AM
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| here it comes! The Super Chief!!
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Posted - August 02 2012 : 5:12:39 PM
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quote: quote:
This is the Chessie TYCO I'd love top get my hands on one shell from them! I got re-powering plans for one of these!
As for the dual motors, NICE work Ray! I bet for the motor and type, it runs and even pulls pretty well like that!
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â August 01 2012Â :Â 05:11:59 AM
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I found a pair of these at a swap meet back in the late 80s.
At one time I had a set of AHM U25C trucks under that loco, but put them back under the U25C later.
I plan to remotor the other one when I find a couple more of the same motors. Then MU them together.
This one runs great, still has the PT whine but has better low speed response and smoother acceleration. I haven't pulled more than a dozen cars up the 2% grades of my layout but I'm sure it will pull more.
Originally posted by Ray Marinaccio - August 01 2012 : 12:09:25 PM
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VERY nice! Sadly, I got a train show comming and to that, I'll be keeping my eyes out on atleast one in Chessie paint. Sadly tho, being in New England, doesn't do alot of Chessie units really, alot of B&O tho, which I like and at good prices as no one up here is interested in them!
As for pulling power thats GREAT! Good to hear an ole TYCO that pulls well!
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Posted - August 02 2012 : 6:23:41 PM
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When I was a kid the Chessie Alco Super 630 was my favorite Tyco engine for years-it pulled really well. Still love the lines of the design...
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Posted - August 02 2012 : 6:50:44 PM
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This is my LOTW!
It is a ATT Lil' Miner:
Thnx Frank for the correct ID info.
Sean
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Posted - August 03 2012 : 11:17:55 AM
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The Tyco FA is a "gray area" indeed. Strictly speaking it is not a Tyco locomotive, but towards the very end of Tyco's model railroad product marketing they were released in sets. I bought this set brand new at a Toys-R-Us in Oklahoma in about 1992. I don't know who actually made the lococmotive, but it has a vertically mounted motor at the very rear of the chassis, and says "Made in Yugoslavia" on the bottom of the fuel tank.
Originally posted by a6m5zerosen - July 31 2012 : 10:06:42 PM
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I've seen these turn up on eBay when sellers erroneously mark them as AHM. The confusion is understandable, since they were made by Mehano and share the same single truck drive as the C-Liner and BL2. Mehano seemed to do a lot of manufacturing for Tyco toward the end, including Chattanooga steamers without a tender drive. That's probably how Mehano ended up with the 0-8-0 / 2-8-0 boiler tooling.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â July 31 2012Â :Â 11:45:59 PM
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I thought mine version was an RSO...it has clear number bds instead of white
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I thought mine version was an RSO...it has clear number bds instead of white
Originally posted by caboose 1Â -Â August 03 2012Â :Â 11:17:55 AM
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RSO, Atest, & Tempo are all Mehano. Anything marked 'Yugoslavia,' for that matter.
Here's one in SF that looks to have been a Model Power release.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170889213705
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Posted - August 03 2012 : 1:28:37 PM
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a6m5zerosen,
Nice find.
Just for the sake of conversation, the Tyco FA is one I've never seen many of but I will get one sometime. I think of it as an interesting aspect of collecting Tyco.
I think of it as a Tyco only that it was outsourced to be produced by someone other than Tyco and sold by Tyco. I understand a very well know sport shoe company only designs their shoes, someone manufactures them the original company markets the shoe and we still think of them as being that "particular well-known" brand, it's probably the norm today more than the exception. Another example is the Bantam Jeep and how two other companies helped fill the order.
I'm sure the Lionel/ Fundimensions collectors understand.
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Posted - August 03 2012 : 1:56:06 PM
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quote:| Another example is the Bantam Jeep and how two other companies helped fill the order. |
That would be Ford & Willy's
Those Rock Iss-lands would look uber cool pulling them bi-level RI passenger cars Kato makes in HO
I do want to find that loco someday
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