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I have posted this loco before, but since it just came back from the dead I thought it deserved another go-around, this time with its new partner.
#5050 is also the first HO I ever had, from back in Christmas of 1968(?). It is now powered again, thanks to the drivetrain of #5056, now an unpowered dummy. Really cool watching this piece of history pulling a train again 
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 2:24:27 PM
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Nice C-liner's. It it too bad that they never reworked that damn pilot.
My LOTW is an athearn SD40-2 that is being reworked into an ex-U.P. GATX leaser. As an avid Union Pacific hater, I jump at every opportunity to have ex U.P. units on my railroad 
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 3:02:44 PM
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triang/att santa fe budd car ken
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 4:50:58 PM
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My Loco (s) of the week are both versions of the Alco C-430 for Illinois Central, and after they bought GM&O they became Illinois Central Gulf. The only two Alco's I have left to get are the Great Northern and the Queensland Rail from Australia.
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 4:58:02 PM
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ken those are a nice pair of RDCs. I have a pair of ATT RDCs in C&O colors that I bought new maybe 45 years ago!
Do they run?
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 5:03:50 PM
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| yeah they run,or should say growl,ken
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 10:50:19 PM
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| I am uber jealous of those Alcos.
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 Posted - February 02 2014 : 11:11:53 PM
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Here is one for you SPSF_SD45
& another but this is a Athern
The UP one has a blinky light on it
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Posted - February 03 2014 : 07:36:01 AM
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*** Athearn PRR S-12 ***
** This locomotive I got at the Somerset NJ train show a few weeks ago.
** Has anyone ever seen a Athearn S12 weathered like this.
* A nice job was done on the antennas.
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Posted - February 03 2014 : 12:10:44 PM
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My LOTW:
A pre-WWII George Stock cast brass PRR GG1:
This is an exceedingly rare item.
Sean
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Posted - February 03 2014 : 7:55:09 PM
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Ben I want your Rock SD40-2........GIVE TO MEH!!!
Mine newest addition is a Tyco Royal BLue 2-8-0 from Gmoney with matching caboose
Has take quite a bit of work to get it up to my standards in terms of operation. But after many changes and additions to the tender drive she runs pretty good and smokes too! (From the smokestack not the Powertorque.......)
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - February 03 2014 : 9:27:53 PM
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quote:| Ben I want your Rock SD40-2........GIVE TO MEH!!! |
mmm nopes I paid $15 for it plus 3 cars at a garage sale hehe
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Posted - February 03 2014 : 9:52:01 PM
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Congrats Hyde!
" Heck with counting 'em rivets, TRAINS ARE FOR FUN! Not called the Mad Scientist for nothing either!"
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Posted - February 03 2014 : 10:09:32 PM
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Thank you sir!
Wanted one for a long time but it was more an engine that I would buy if right in front of me and for a good price.
I had the money from a deal that never came to fruition and Gmoney mesaged me saying he still had his.
Easy deal and I couldn't be happier!
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Posted - February 03 2014 : 10:31:58 PM
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Yeah the deal was easy, but the delivery was a bear! You are a patient man Hyde and I applaud you for that! And I'm glad she found a loving home. She looks real good there earning her keep!
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Posted - February 04 2014 : 02:03:40 AM
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I'm not a freak. Not everything has to be done according to my time or wishes.
Had her pull 4 of my 7 or 8 Tyco cabooses of various liveries.
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Posted - February 04 2014 : 08:05:08 AM
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quote:yeah they run,or should say growl,ken
Originally posted by catfordken - February 02 2014 : 5:03:50 PM
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** Nicely put Ken ! And you have forgotten that signature cloud of smoke.
frank
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Posted - February 04 2014 : 8:05:52 PM
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Here's "Locomotives"
L-R: Athearn GP35 5652 Bachmann GP30 1962 Model Power C628-2 BLI SD7 990 Atlas FMTM 4 PCM RSD-7 DL601 LifeLike SD7 990 Atlas GP7 100
Athearn F3's 291A1 291B1 291B2 291A2 (ABBA) LifeLike U30B 302 Bachmann Sharks 6000 A+B Athearn PA1s 9077+9078 (in CN colours) LifeLike PA2's 8375A+B LifeLike FA's 1602 A+D
Side view of the A+B+B+A set of F3's
Athearn SD40 (not a demo but in colours) Detroit Edison Athearn SD45 4353 Athearn DD40
So... does this count?
John
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Posted - February 04 2014 : 8:26:04 PM
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| hi zebrails,a true lot of the week,nice ken
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Posted - February 04 2014 : 8:30:37 PM
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John, read this carefully:
I am going to PM you an address. Once you receive it, you will carefully pack each of the locomotives pictured here and send to that address - and then you will forget this ever happened.
WOW... other than that...don't know aht to say. It's an incredible collection. And those F3s are to me the crown jewels...awesome. Love that old-style GM logo as well. Definitely was worth waiting for, thanks for posting them 
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Posted - February 04 2014 : 9:01:00 PM
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Eventually, I will add the Baldwin Centipedes... UP's 998 & 999 cancellations... albeit the cream coloured demonstrators. I'm making payments on them... dcc sound and control.
John
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Posted - February 04 2014 : 9:15:42 PM
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That is insane...........................
OOOOOOOO the GE Alco PA demonstrator!!! LOVE!!!!!!!
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Posted - February 04 2014 : 10:06:19 PM
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quote:That is insane...........................
OOOOOOOO the GE Alco PA demonstrator!!! LOVE!!!!!!!
Originally posted by SCVR66Â -Â February 04 2014Â :Â 9:15:42 PM
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My head is getting inflattued, er, inflated... Thanks.
The PA Demo's, Hyde... the orange ones, right?
The gold/black/green Canadian National painted ones are marked MLW/GE as opposed to the ALCO's... the "Big Bertha's", 9077+9078 were actually built in the US, GE/ALCO tried to catch some Canadian sales for these six-axle locomotives. Sad thing, though... while they were equipped with dynamic brakes, neither of them rode rails anywhere east of Ontario.
CP, CN, and eventually VIA Rail stuck with FA's for both passenger and freight.
Someone wanna do some imaginative artwork for PA's in Canadian Pacific's and Canadian National's paint schemes? Could you imagine VIA PA's? Sargent stripe CN's?
As an aside, Detroit Edison painted most of their locomotives in GM's demo white and blues, including their GE U30C's. Whence, I also included the SD40 #002.
John
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Posted - February 04 2014 : 11:06:39 PM
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I have the GM 4353. Always like the blue and white demonstrator scheme.
No fair posting them all at once!!
J.B.
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| Truly the greatest collection of demonstrators I have ever seen. Those PA's and FA's are awesome. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted - February 05 2014 : 08:39:43 AM
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quote:My LOTW:
A pre-WWII George Stock cast brass PRR GG1:
This is an exceedingly rare item.
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - February 03 2014 : 12:10:44 PM
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I don't know how you do it Sean, but you've done it again ! A George Stock GG1, in its original box. I thought they were almost all gone. And the box looks in great shape. The label hasn't fallen off. It is had enough to find a Walters Doodlebug. The GG1 is definitely a locomotive that need a good paint job, and a return to operation. Have you got pantograph's that can fit it?
If you need some post the measurements of the mounting hole center to centers. left to right and front to back. It seams like every GG1 has different measurements.
Great find Sean !
frank
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Posted - February 05 2014 : 09:02:02 AM
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And I must mention all those factory demonstrator locomotives in the Zebras collection. Quite a bunch, heard, flock, group, school, lot, mass, parlifera, numerous, locomotives.
I am overwhelmed. I can see everyone I knew of and many more.
frank
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Posted - February 05 2014 : 4:54:12 PM
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quote:
Jaw dropped, admiring your collection. Amazing. I love them all.
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Posted - February 05 2014 : 5:46:51 PM
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Now that I have picked my jaw up off the floor John, tell me more about those F3s. They are Athearns? I never knew Athearn even did an F3, much less B units as well. And they look to have cab interiors too?
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Posted - February 05 2014 : 10:02:12 PM
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quote:Now that I have picked my jaw up off the floor John, tell me more about those F3s. They are Athearns? I never knew Athearn even did an F3, much less B units as well. And they look to have cab interiors too?
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 05 2014Â :Â 5:46:51 PM
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The F3's are of the Athearn Genesis line.(Unpainted cab interiors.) An A and B set did also have sound. Some time back, I removed the sound from the B unit. Only one unit has sound... why have an A+B+B without sound? There's a true story, prototypically.
#291A1 (the A-unit) with 291B1, while in use on the Texas & Pacific Railroad, rear-ended a 2-10-0 and was heavily damaged. (Goes to show steam wasn't going down without a fight.)
EMD decided not to rebuild it but produced a second set of F3's, this time an A+B+A set 754A1 754B1 754A2 in the newer blue and silver image, close to the designs of the BL2 and GP7 demonstrators.
Just to let y'all know, it's taken me at least a few years to accumulate the demonstrators.
Due to up-coming events in my life, I've given up on acquiring more demonstrators after the Centipedes are in my possession.
I have wanted the RS11, RS27, BL2, GP20, All the E-units (especially brass offerings,) the C636's, C430's, (I traded my MP15AC for another pair of locomotives, but I'd like to buy one again,) ... on and on. Mind you, nothing newer built than 1976-1979.
In other words, if it was built and tested before 1980, I wanted it. Plus, I have wanted to get dynamometer cars from EMD, GE, ALCO... the list goes on as well.
I also aimed my wallet at demonstrator freightcars, no matter what they were advertising, ACF, Pullman, or even the parts like roller bearing trucks. You may notice behind the U30B the roofs of Timkens-red and blue tops of boxcars, Evans Freightcar Company (Athearn and Atlas versions), I've also a few different Evergreen Freight Car Corporation cars 40' and 50' versions... again On and On!
More later, if requested.
John
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Posted - February 10 2014 : 10:52:25 AM
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Picked this Rivarossi GG-1 up at my LHS on Saturday....NOS...complete with paperwork,
Paid $60.00 FOR HER,AFTER A QUICK LUBE SHE RUNS LIKE A DREAM...
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Posted - February 10 2014 : 6:41:18 PM
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| Love the Demos! I've been trying to amass a similar collection!
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