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An Athearn U-boat I picked up from ebay, came as undecorated so I went Conrail. Was one of those auctions that was priced so low you couldn't pass up so I figured I couldn't lose. Put it on the track and it spit and sputtered, but after a good clean/lube it runs great. An unexpected bonus, it came with a super-gearing kit - so it crawls around the layout nicely. Took awhile to get used to, kind of like running in first gear on your car - but it also has the same effect, better low speed control and more low-speed power.
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Posted - January 12 2014 : 4:32:49 PM
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Got this yesterday at the train show. $40 NIB proto 1000 California Northern GP15.
So smooth, so quiet, so eloquent.
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Posted - January 12 2014 : 5:44:10 PM
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Got a odd Mantua this weekend for $20. (not bad considering not stack and wrong tender trucks!). Just noticed the odd mis-print issues on tender and was on both sides!
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Posted - January 12 2014 : 6:02:40 PM
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this mantua 0-4-0 has got to be my loco this week ken
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Posted - January 12 2014 : 6:59:31 PM
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A "merger" SF F-45.
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Posted - January 12 2014 : 7:43:23 PM
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Redneck Justin - Looks like mine Except mine is missing a motor 
raysouthernpac - YAY Kodachrome & Shouldn't Paint So Fast 
JNXT 7707 - love that Conrail <3
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Posted - January 12 2014 : 8:09:31 PM
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quote:Got this yesterday at the train show. $40 NIB proto 1000 California Northern GP15.
So smooth, so quiet, so eloquent.
Originally posted by SCVR66Â -Â January 12 2014Â :Â 4:32:49 PM
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I LIKE that one Those P1K locos are so smooth and quiet as you say, even better than the P2K ones I think.
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Posted - January 12 2014 : 9:42:26 PM
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Those are some nice looking locos guys. Here is a brass U-25-B that I picked up as a total basket case. It had an awful paint job for Penn Central and was peeling and flaking. It only seemed right to follow through and paint it in Conrail just like the prototype. It ran but boy did it pull some amps. To solve that and to get it to run with the rest of my collection, I slapped it on an Athearn U-boat chassis.
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Posted - January 12 2014 : 10:10:26 PM
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Nice looking Conrail metalsmith - and yeah you did the right thing with it starting out as penn central
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 01:07:09 AM
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I love Conrail.
And Ben the California Northern was real. Same paint scheme is Arizona & California
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 02:05:46 AM
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Here is my finished Penn Line D2 "Mighty Midget". New paint and handrails. Got matching Kadee couplers
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 10:13:19 AM
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| erich,sweet loco there my good man,g&d to boot ken
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 11:26:59 AM
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For my LOTW offering, I would like to present a recent purchase:
A Lionel 0059 HO Minuteman USAF Husky Diesel Locomotive Switcher. Came with a lot of 6 other boxed AHM freight cars for a grand total of ~$33. Not a bad price if you ask me. Needs a little cleaning though.
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 11:32:32 AM
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| hi sean,this is becoming boring,but yet again great find ken
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 1:03:05 PM
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quote:hi sean,this is becoming boring,but yet again great find ken
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LOL! Looking at vintage and rare HO trains is never boring Ken! LOL!
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 1:04:55 PM
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| sean,it is when someone else gets themken
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 1:19:43 PM
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Hey the USAF star is upside down!
Neat loco
Marx did the same thing on their USAF tank cars too
It'd be on there either upside down or right side up
quote:I love Conrail.
And Ben the California Northern was real. Same paint scheme is Arizona & California
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Yes I know & that line is abandoned in AZ BIG mistake in my opinion
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 1:22:51 PM
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| nice observation ben,maybe it was sold in australia ken
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 6:41:13 PM
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quote:Hey the USAF star is upside down!
Originally posted by microbusss - January 13 2014 : 1:19:43 PM
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Is that merely a mistake or an evil plot? 
The occult symbol for evil is a 5-pointed star with one point down. The lowest point stands for God, the Divine Creator, and the other points stand for the four elements of the created universe: earth, air, water, and fire. The fundamental disorder of placing the created order above the creator is emblematic of evil, in general.
It would be best to fix that soon, before the layout becomes demonically infested. HO poltergeists are NOT pretty, and you DON'T want to find out the hard way what CV666 is in DCC. 
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quote:Got a odd Mantua this weekend for $20. (not bad considering not stack and wrong tender trucks!). Just noticed the odd mis-print issues on tender and was on both sides!
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I don't have any photos, but I've been working on the Tyco 4-6-0 that I bought a few weeks ago. Seems it has a lump in its gitalong and I've been trying to smooth it out. One thing I did was enlarge the siderod holes so they wouldn't bind on the mounting screws. Then, I made spacers from o-80 nuts to shim the sidedrods for smoother operation. That helped, but led to another problem. The rods between the scond and third drivers were hitting the cast on brake cylinders on the bottom of the boiler casting. I haven't completely fixed that, yet, but I should have it fixed tomorrow morning with a few swipes of a file and a modeling knife
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 9:46:21 PM
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My small display shelf with a few items on display--Mantua, Tyco, and LifeLike are represented. NYC loco has factory tender electronic chuff sound unit.
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 9:54:39 PM
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quote:My small display shelf with a few items on display--Mantua, Tyco, and LifeLike are represented. NYC loco has factory tender electronic chuff sound unit.
Originally posted by Adams - January 13 2014 : 9:46:21 PM
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Coool! I wanna "hurt" you for that Chessie steam loco
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 10:01:30 PM
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| That Chessie actually has no brass axle bearings--they're not missing--the axles fit in the frame fine--I think at some point in the 70's, Tyco cut some costs--runs fine, though.
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 10:07:01 PM
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I got that same Chessie steamer in my collection! Got it one year in the later Mantua blue box for $35 like new!
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Posted - January 13 2014 : 11:23:37 PM
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Ugh want everything I have a non axle bearing shifter. Not really much difference.
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Posted - January 14 2014 : 02:30:40 AM
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| love that Bi-Centennial teakettle 0-4-0 steamer, don't think I have come across one of those yet.
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Posted - January 14 2014 : 12:11:08 PM
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quote:love that Bi-Centennial teakettle 0-4-0 steamer, don't think I have come across one of those yet.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â January 14 2014Â :Â 02:30:40 AM
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Posted - January 14 2014 : 12:17:56 PM
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with the bi-centennial items and others,just take your time,look in shops and shows before jumping the gun,as its no guarantee that it looks good it will run good or at all,regards price there are still bargains to be had,it all boils down to the old phrase,fools rush in etc,ken
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Posted - January 14 2014 : 2:40:08 PM
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| The Teakettle is an old LifeLike. I received one as a gift from my mother in the mid-70's. It ran so poorly that we returned it. I was able to pick this one up at a train show for $10. As a more "experienced" person now, I can tweak a loco and keep my track extra clean, so it is an acceptable runner, but these were never very good--I picked it up mostly for sentimental reasons, not to mention the bicentennial theme.
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Posted - January 14 2014 : 6:53:39 PM
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quote:For my LOTW offering, I would like to present a recent purchase:
A Lionel 0059 HO Minuteman USAF Husky Diesel Locomotive Switcher. Came with a lot of 6 other boxed AHM freight cars for a grand total of ~$33. Not a bad price if you ask me. Needs a little cleaning though.
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - January 13 2014 : 11:26:59 AM
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Sean, so you're the one who outbid me by a few bucks!
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Posted - January 14 2014 : 9:34:14 PM
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Not "throwing away" this week's chance to post a LOTW, here's my F40 BN engine I showed in a box a week ago. Liberated it enough for this "clean shot" of it. I hope no one will "trash" my efforts to outdo Microbusss.
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Posted - January 14 2014 : 10:07:58 PM
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| Sweet find! Is that a Pemco?
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Posted - January 14 2014 : 10:12:54 PM
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quote: quote:love that Bi-Centennial teakettle 0-4-0 steamer, don't think I have come across one of those yet.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â January 14 2014Â :Â 02:30:40 AM
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Well IF you do be prepared for any to be High Dollar stuffs
Originally posted by microbusss - January 14 2014 : 12:11:08 PM
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I have a bicentennial steamer along with a C liner. I will post a photo later.
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Posted - January 14 2014 : 10:23:51 PM
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I can only imagine what a fresh clean scent it leaves
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quote:Sweet find! Is that a Pemco?
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â January 14 2014Â :Â 10:07:58 PM
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If you're referring to the BN F40, no, it's a Life Like engine.
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Posted - January 15 2014 : 02:07:12 AM
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| One of the shiniest model schemes I have seen from Life-Like, I like it!
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Posted - January 15 2014 : 08:17:47 AM
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quote: quote:
A Lionel 0059 HO Minuteman USAF Husky Diesel Locomotive Switcher.
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Sean, so you're the one who outbid me by a few bucks!
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Nelson! Sorry! You must know I watch everything! It is one of my many vices I suppose!
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Posted - January 15 2014 : 10:44:42 AM
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An old layout photo;
* The USRA #1178 issued Russian Decapod. You see a photo of one in the old Frankford yards. This one was issued to the CRRofNJ for use during WW1.
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Posted - January 15 2014 : 1:12:05 PM
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Its all good, Jerry
But I think #9987 is currently assigned to Big Mac or a Dash 9 loco that BNSF currently uses
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Posted - January 15 2014 : 4:42:20 PM
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Nelson! Sorry! You must know I watch everything! It is one of my many vices I suppose!
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - January 15 2014 : 08:17:47 AM
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I'll have to stop bidding on things in lots with you out there.
My top bid was $15 and change. I was only going to buy it if I could get it cheap... I gots enough junque.
Nice locos this week, guys. Ben, stop threatening people. 
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Posted - January 17 2014 : 10:32:04 PM
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Walthers Trainline Santa Fe "Bluebonnet" GP9M diesel locomotive:
I will admit, Walthers makes some great mid-range locomotives. Too bad they discontinued the F40PH and Dash 8-40B(W) models. They may not have been as detailed as Athearn's but they have good high-quality motors!
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Posted - January 19 2014 : 12:54:01 AM
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I have 2 of those GP9s and one runs flat out amazing while the other struggles a bit. They are short on details but are great pullers and are very inexpensive.
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Posted - January 19 2014 : 02:51:44 AM
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What's not to love about these Walthers Geeps? They so closely resemble those Tyco's of old that we are all fond of, and they run much, much better.
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Posted - January 19 2014 : 08:51:46 AM
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| one thing that has always puzzled me is why walthers never made a steam loco or did they ken
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Posted - January 19 2014 : 09:38:19 AM
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quote:What's not to love about these Walthers Geeps? They so closely resemble those Tyco's of old that we are all fond of, and they run much, much better.
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I've never acquired any of the Trainline Geeps, but they are also dead ringers - even more so - to the Model Power ones. In fact I thought for a long time that they were one and the same with different branding, because the shells match exactly. I'd like to compare the drive chassis of the two just to see
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Posted - January 20 2014 : 6:34:03 PM
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The Walthers Trainline Geeps are upgraded versions of the 90's upgraded Mantua / Mehano GP20's, which also run beautifully. They have roughly the same frame & drive, with the same Mabuchi can and one flywheel.
http://www.tcsdcc.com/Customer_Content/Installation_Pictures/HO_Scale/Walthers/Trainline%20GP9M/Trainline_GP9M.htm
The Walthers handrails look a little finer, and of course the pilots have been filled in and couplers body mounted, wheels blackened, etc. The molds must be in China now.
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Posted - January 20 2014 : 8:43:25 PM
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Nelson - thanks for posting that, an excellent view of the insides of a Trainline Geep!
First of all, no - the Trainline and the Model Power aren't the same, but at the same time it's amazing how similar they are.
The shells ARE the same, exactly...as well as the handrails, although the Model Power pilots are not filled in at all.
The main differences in the chassis are the Trainline has a lot more weight (and believe me it needs it). The Model Power does not have the overhead central weight bar or the added weight on the sills near the front end, nor does it have a flywheel. The power trucks look to be identical. It also has a Mabuchi can motor.
Interesting about the Model Power - it has a 'GP-7U' designation.
Anyway, the Trainline looks like a pretty decent loco, worth looking into. This Model Power is fairly bulletprooof, has many hours on it without a bit of trouble, but as I mentioned it does need more weigh and also a flywheel. I call mine 'the coffee grinder' too, it has no need for a sound system
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Posted - January 20 2014 : 11:34:14 PM
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Jerry, the Mantuas had the upper diecast weight just like the Walthers, which Model Power seem to have left out. In the 90's Mantua advertised their re-tooled F7's and Geeps as weighing 1 pound.
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