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2 Tyco locos from a garage sale Sat
yeah the ICG loco is missing a truck cover
But what do you want for a $10 box of Tyco stuffs? 
& it was a UBER nice day to take pix
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 Posted - May 04 2014 : 12:25:54 AM
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Bachmann Spectrum N scale Acela w/ DCC...a gift from a friend...the coach in the back came with it, it has full working lights, even on the ends...
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 12:33:18 AM
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last week there was a posting of an Athearn UP cow/calf set that I said looked really good together. Then it dawned on me that I had the same set boxed away. I dug it out and posted it here for all to see.
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 12:35:46 AM
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I would call that a score! quote:
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 07:20:56 AM
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My LOTW is this sweet GN F7. I got this the same time as my WP F7.
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 09:48:31 AM
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My LOTW is an Athearn Amtrak FP7. I took an A and B shell and spliced them together to get the required extra 4' of the FP7 over a F7, and put it on a stretched Globe chassis. This is an unpowered unit, intended to run in front of either a powered F7B or be the lead loco in front of a pair of SDP40Fs on an early Amtrak train.
Here is the inspiration:
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 10:05:04 AM
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| JNXT 7707 - cool loco & you can tell that pic is from the early days of Amtrak cause there is a BN baggage coach on it
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 10:37:35 AM
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My LOTW is an N scale Kato Union Pacific GP-38 that I got at a train show for $45 as is. I may be asking a stupid question but was that a good price for that engine?
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 11:07:45 AM
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quote:JNXT 7707 - cool loco & you can tell that pic is from the early days of Amtrak cause there is a BN baggage coach on it
Originally posted by microbusss - May 04 2014 : 10:05:04 AM
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If I remember right it was taken in 1975, still in the "rainbow era". California Zephyr.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 12:44:36 PM
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quote:
If I remember right it was taken in 1975, still in the "rainbow era". California Zephyr.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â May 04 2014Â :Â 11:07:45 AM
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YEAH! I loves that era too I almost got enuff cars to do that
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 1:36:51 PM
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Have I ever mentioned I love E units? This is a rivarossi set.
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 2:02:30 PM
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quote:Have I ever mentioned I love E units? This is a rivarossi set.
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - May 04 2014 : 1:36:51 PM
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OOOOO! I want one!
I likes that paint scheme of RI as well as The Rock & Route Rock sky blue colors
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 3:53:50 PM
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Love the Amtrak FP-7, nice work! Here's mine--shamefully, no effort required, just bought it! It's an old Atlas--very smooth runner, but with a headlight that lights the entire cab and half the countryside!
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 7:23:18 PM
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my loco this week a rivarossi southern crescent pacific,ken
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 8:22:03 PM
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One good Southern Crescent deserves another.
I've had this since I was 16. This was taken after I repowered it with a simple Mabuchi motor that makes it run like silk. 
quote:It's an old Atlas--very smooth runner, but with a headlight that lights the entire cab and half the countryside!
Originally posted by Adams - May 04 2014 : 3:53:50 PM
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How else is the crew supposed to read their orders?
The Tyco Depot
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Posted - May 04 2014 : 11:11:34 PM
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This sweet old Mantua was Uboat was languishing on the back shelf, destined for eventual oblivion until a Tyco Forum regular schooled me on its relative ease of repair. Now she is running like a top. Seen here rushing popsicles to El Paso in advance of the nuclear hot summer.
JMcNeal
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Posted - May 05 2014 : 12:01:14 AM
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| Now metalsmith, that "cow-calf" thing has got to be the most interesting thing I've seen. I definitely learned something new today. Nice looking model by the way.
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Posted - May 05 2014 : 10:37:11 AM
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quote:
This sweet old Mantua was Uboat was languishing on the back shelf, destined for eventual oblivion until a Tyco Forum regular schooled me on its relative ease of repair. Now she is running like a top. Seen here rushing popsicles to El Paso in advance of the nuclear hot summer.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 04 2014Â :Â 11:11:34 PM
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I actually have one of those Tyco Popsicle cars that was donated to the train group I'm in.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 05 2014 : 8:33:44 PM
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Got this at local hobby shop,,brand new mint condition, I could not resist it , a Mike that cost less than a brand new Cadilac !
a 2-8-2 Mikado IHC/Mehano
Runs Sweet
The hobby shop owner also sells used items, he thought this was used and had it at a nice used price,,i jumped on it.
one more note,,the back up light on the tender actually lights up when in reverse
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Posted - May 06 2014 : 02:14:32 AM
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Popsicle cars. Thank heavens that NH Uboat can only pull four of them. Otherwise I'd slide down the Slippery Slope and end up with this:
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Posted - May 06 2014 : 9:10:37 PM
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| That stock yard scene is great JMcNeal.
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Posted - May 07 2014 : 6:24:02 PM
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| Nice photos from all. I liked Jeff's birdseye view of the train action. This next engine I bought at the New Hope PA train show on May 4. It runs fine and is Tyco engine 1102 lettered for Chessie railroad. 
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Posted - May 08 2014 : 12:55:37 AM
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| That's a cool photo Richard. Intriguing depth with the cows in the field.
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Posted - May 08 2014 : 11:07:56 PM
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| mmmmmm,,potential steaks,,mmmm
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Posted - May 09 2014 : 12:20:16 AM
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Here is your basic Athearn blue box switcher with a Train Miniature box car. They are my attempt at lettering for my home road of the RGM&N, a short line that went under in the 1930's, but lives on in my version of history.
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Posted - May 09 2014 : 01:54:36 AM
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The stockyard above, to give proper credit, belongs to the El Paso Model Train Club and was done by the late "Doc" Harrison, a large animal veterinarian, and a prolific contributor to the Club. Thank you the kind words. Somewhere up there "Doc" says, "thanks!"
JMcNeal
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Posted - May 09 2014 : 01:57:47 AM
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| Ray, that Rock Island train is the bomb!! The light reflects beautifully of that big, red nose- terrific photo work.
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Posted - May 09 2014 : 8:41:03 PM
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My latest acquisition:
Amtrak Dash 8-40BW by Walthers, obviously based off the Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH locomotives of the early '90s (complete with "Pepsi Can" paint scheme!) Great runner (complete with dual-flywheel drive), and I plan to upgrade it to DCC as well.
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Posted - May 09 2014 : 8:51:45 PM
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Great locomotive wiley - I have one of those and it is indeed a very good runner.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - May 09 2014 : 9:12:05 PM
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quote:My LOTW is an N scale Kato Union Pacific GP-38 that I got at a train show for $45 as is. I may be asking a stupid question but was that a good price for that engine?
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â May 04 2014Â :Â 10:37:35 AM
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That kato is an older blue box version. 45.00 wasnt a bad price for it, especially considering its a Kato...I used to have tons of Kato N scale engines till i sold em all and went up to HO.
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Posted - May 09 2014 : 10:48:37 PM
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quote: quote:My LOTW is an N scale Kato Union Pacific GP-38 that I got at a train show for $45 as is. I may be asking a stupid question but was that a good price for that engine?
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â May 04 2014Â :Â 10:37:35 AM
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That kato is an older blue box version. 45.00 wasnt a bad price for it, especially considering its a Kato...I used to have tons of Kato N scale engines till i sold em all and went up to HO.
Originally posted by jimandnancy - May 09 2014 : 9:12:05 PM
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Thanks for telling me it wasn't bad. A lot of people at the train show kinda didn't like how much I paid for it and bugged me about it from time to time. That's pretty much why I asked that question.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 09 2014 : 11:14:52 PM
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quote:I would call that a score!
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â May 04 2014Â :Â 12:35:46 AM
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true it was Now I needs to find a cover for the ICG or sell both
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Posted - May 10 2014 : 10:41:24 AM
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kovacste000,
who cares about what people feel think, it was your money! Two weeks ago I paid $91 for a TYCO Canadian Pacific 0-8-0 and a year ago I paid $98 for my TYCO/Rivarossi ICG, I could care less who laughes at those prices, I wanted them so I got them....
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Posted - May 10 2014 : 11:08:36 AM
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quote:kovacste000,
who cares about what people feel think, it was your money! Two weeks ago I paid $91 for a TYCO Canadian Pacific 0-8-0 and a year ago I paid $98 for my TYCO/Rivarossi ICG, I could care less who laughes at those prices, I wanted them so I got them....
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - May 10 2014 : 10:41:24 AM
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All that matters is if you think you were ripped off or not and if you like it or not. That applies to almost everything that you can buy actually.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 10 2014 : 5:18:39 PM
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quote: [quote] [quote]My LOTW is an N scale Kato Union Pacific GP-38 that I got at a train show for $45 as is. I may be asking a stupid question but was that a good price for that engine?
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â May 04 2014Â :Â 10:37:35 AM
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That kato is an older blue box version. 45.00 wasnt a bad price for it, especially considering its a Kato...I used to have tons of Kato N scale engines till i sold em all and went up to HO.
A lot of people at the train show kinda didn't like how much I paid for it and bugged me about it from time to time.
Well unless they would like to donate 45.00 to the fund for you they have nothing much to say.....Generally the N gauge Katos with the Blue box meaning on the sides were the part number would be are the older non DCC compatible units. If you wanted to put DCC in it, you would have to mill the frame to do it. Also it has the older rapido style couplers on it. Generally the newer ones have the micro train style couplers. They run like lil Bulls though. Good Pick up
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Posted - May 10 2014 : 6:26:50 PM
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quote:
Nothing better than the refreshing site of a train on a dumpster lid !!
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Posted - May 10 2014 : 8:43:53 PM
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quote: quote: [quote] [quote]My LOTW is an N scale Kato Union Pacific GP-38 that I got at a train show for $45 as is. I may be asking a stupid question but was that a good price for that engine?
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â May 04 2014Â :Â 10:37:35 AM
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That kato is an older blue box version. 45.00 wasnt a bad price for it, especially considering its a Kato...I used to have tons of Kato N scale engines till i sold em all and went up to HO.
A lot of people at the train show kinda didn't like how much I paid for it and bugged me about it from time to time.
Well unless they would like to donate 45.00 to the fund for you they have nothing much to say.....Generally the N gauge Katos with the Blue box meaning on the sides were the part number would be are the older non DCC compatible units. If you wanted to put DCC in it, you would have to mill the frame to do it. Also it has the older rapido style couplers on it. Generally the newer ones have the micro train style couplers. They run like lil Bulls though. Good Pick up
Originally posted by jimandnancy - May 10 2014 : 5:18:39 PM
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Thank you, Jim.
-Steve
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Posted - May 10 2014 : 11:27:54 PM
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quote:My LOTW is an Athearn Amtrak FP7. I took an A and B shell and spliced them together to get the required extra 4' of the FP7 over a F7, and put it on a stretched Globe chassis. This is an unpowered unit, intended to run in front of either a powered F7B or be the lead loco in front of a pair of SDP40Fs on an early Amtrak train.
Here is the inspiration:
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â May 04 2014Â :Â 09:48:31 AM
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OMG someone actually did this! I found a kitbashed shell for an FP7/FL9 (okay, not quite either one but close) and gave it to a friend who I knew would want to build one, and he's been bitching at me about not knowing how to put a frame under it for the longest time. I'll take your suggestion and give him one of the spare Globe frames I bought a week ago (what good timing!), and since he wants an FL9, maybe I should just give him a spare 3-axle truck too. (Our agreement is that if I feed him parts he can't find, he paints stuff for me. Works well.)
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