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 Posted - May 25 2014 : 11:57:03 AM
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My LOTW is a Bachmann Santa Fe freight locomotive. Here it is!
-Steve
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Posted - May 25 2014 : 2:01:27 PM
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Thanks to the thoughtfulness of JNXT 7707, this vintage Mantua Wall Queen has a new set of tires, or for those of you across the Pond, tyres. It was a delight to see this well loved beauty spark back to life after who knows how many decades in the bottom of a box. One question: the gear box is riveted shut. Is there any way to get a drop of oil in there without fouling the motor?
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Posted - May 25 2014 : 2:56:02 PM
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Not double dipping, posting this is for a friend, who prefers anonymity. Taken at 1 am this morning at the El Paso Model Train Club. The unit is a DPU, powered, pushing a replica double headed 15,000 ton grain train that my RR engineer friend sometimes pilots. The guy spends his working life running real trains, then models SF. He says the function of the rearmost pusher engine is to prevent real life couplers from snapping like twigs and is most helpful in bringing the whole works to an even stop, again limiting slack action of the entire train. He likens the job to surfing a giant wave, with about as much control.
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Posted - May 25 2014 : 9:54:19 PM
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Got this old Athearn SD9? at a local Flea Market for $6.. Runs great and had it pulling 8 cars with no sweat!
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Posted - May 25 2014 : 10:05:32 PM
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quote:
Got this old Athearn SD9? at a local Flea Market for $6.. Runs great and had it pulling 8 cars with no sweat!
Originally posted by lloydvfp844Â -Â May 25 2014Â :Â 9:54:19 PM
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That's pretty dang good!
-Steve
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Posted - May 25 2014 : 11:58:13 PM
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| Nice pick!
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 09:05:06 AM
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you see here a ROCO B-B electric.
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 11:06:28 AM
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quote:you see here a Penn-Line observation car.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - May 26 2014 : 09:05:06 AM
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Nice coach but this is LOTW not COTW. Just a friendly reminder.
-Steve
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 3:48:53 PM
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This arrived in the mail this week, a Tyco from down under. A new set of brushes and it's a great runner. All it needs is a front handrail.
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 5:35:59 PM
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quote:This arrived in the mail this week, a Tyco from down under. A new set of brushes and it's a great runner. All it needs is a front handrail.
Tom
Originally posted by eaglerock109Â -Â May 26 2014Â :Â 3:48:53 PM
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A Mexican Tyco. I don't think I've ever seen that before.
-Steve
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 6:22:37 PM
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Charmer. I am guessing the "AR" stands for "Australian Rail?" Love that lemony green color. Hope you post pictures of it buzzing around your layout soon.
Those Penn Line coaches are too cool. Did they morph into Life Like, later on? The silhouettes remind one of that signature LL touch.
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 8:30:55 PM
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quote: quote:This arrived in the mail this week, a Tyco from down under. A new set of brushes and it's a great runner. All it needs is a front handrail.
Tom
Originally posted by eaglerock109Â -Â May 26 2014Â :Â 3:48:53 PM
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A Mexican Tyco. I don't think I've ever seen that before.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â May 26 2014Â :Â 5:35:59 PM
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It's an Australian Tyco, the QR is for the Queensland Railway.
Edited by - eaglerock109 on May 26 2014 8:31:38 PM
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 9:27:15 PM
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quote: quote: quote:This arrived in the mail this week, a Tyco from down under. A new set of brushes and it's a great runner. All it needs is a front handrail.
Tom
Originally posted by eaglerock109Â -Â May 26 2014Â :Â 3:48:53 PM
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A Mexican Tyco. I don't think I've ever seen that before.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â May 26 2014Â :Â 5:35:59 PM
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It's an Australian Tyco, the QR is for the Queensland Railway.
Originally posted by eaglerock109Â -Â May 26 2014Â :Â 8:30:55 PM
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Oh, ok.I can't believe I didn't know that. Anyway, I apologize for my error. I'm not very good at foreign railways so yeah.
-Steve
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Posted - May 27 2014 : 02:17:53 AM
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Love that yellow switcher, my LOTW is Covered Bridge Central #8, old reliable.
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Posted - May 27 2014 : 07:22:51 AM
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OPPs!
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Posted - May 28 2014 : 11:13:09 PM
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My Bowser FM H16-44 in my KCM&O freelance scheme (the Orient never made it to diesels).
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Posted - May 28 2014 : 11:24:43 PM
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quote:My Bowser FM H16-44 in my KCM&O freelance scheme (the Orient never made it to diesels).
Originally posted by Adams - May 28 2014 : 11:13:09 PM
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Nice engine nonetheless. I believe these things were also called Trainmasters.
-Steve
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Posted - May 28 2014 : 11:35:53 PM
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| Train masters were 6 axles and 2400 h.p., thus H-24-66. Bowser actually called these "Baby Trainmasters"' but that was incorrect, as the H-16-66's were the real ones.
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 12:18:59 AM
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here are 2 I just got today!
Rivarossi E9 dummy
Tyco Chessie System C&O ALCO Super 630
needs horns THEN its complete 
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 10:30:00 AM
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quote:Train masters were 6 axles and 2400 h.p., thus H-24-66. Bowser actually called these "Baby Trainmasters"' but that was incorrect, as the H-16-66's were the real ones.
Originally posted by Adams - May 28 2014 : 11:35:53 PM
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Ok. Sorry, my mistake. I got close though.
-Steve
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 5:27:26 PM
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| Chessie engine number 1102 has been featured many times before. I elected to show this one in a different setting. 
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 5:35:19 PM
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quote: quote:Train masters were 6 axles and 2400 h.p., thus H-24-66. Bowser actually called these "Baby Trainmasters"' but that was incorrect, as the H-16-66's were the real ones.
Originally posted by Adams - May 28 2014 : 11:35:53 PM
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Ok. Sorry, my mistake. I got close though.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â May 29 2014Â :Â 10:30:00 AM
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It's an H16-44. I've been calling mine a Baby Trainmaster too... since that's not these, do we have any consensus on an easier name to call them by than H16-44?
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 6:52:22 PM
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quote:| Chessie engine number 1102 has been featured many times before. I elected to show this one in a different setting.
Originally posted by wks - May 29 2014 : 5:27:26 PM
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yeah All I need for mine is the horns
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 7:27:54 PM
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| Well, If Bowser called it a Baby Trainmaster, then I guess that IS the name--of the model at least. I don't believe the prototype had a nickname, though.
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 9:20:16 PM
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| I would agree that the H-16-66 was the baby trainmaster, interesting note here is that the N&W Alco C-630s were built on trade in trucks from the Trainmasters they had and one exists at the Transport Museum in Roanoke, been there, seen it. That would make a good model as the N&W units had high noses. Should be easy to get the Athearn Trainmaster trucks to work on a U-boat chassis.
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Posted - May 30 2014 : 9:24:46 PM
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quote:I would agree that the H-16-66 was the baby trainmaster, interesting note here is that the N&W Alco C-630s were built on trade in trucks from the Trainmasters they had and one exists at the Transport Museum in Roanoke, been there, seen it. That would make a good model as the N&W units had high noses. Should be easy to get the Athearn Trainmaster trucks to work on a U-boat chassis.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â May 29 2014Â :Â 9:20:16 PM
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Whenever I end up getting an athearn u-boat, we'll find out - I have the trainmaster trucks waiting.
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Posted - June 01 2014 : 8:15:09 PM
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Not double dipping, posting this is for a friend, who prefers anonymity. Taken at 1 am this morning at the El Paso Model Train Club. The unit is a DPU, powered, pushing a replica double headed 15,000 ton grain train that my RR engineer friend sometimes pilots. The guy spends his working life running real trains, then models SF. He says the function of the rearmost pusher engine is to prevent real life couplers from snapping like twigs and is most helpful in bringing the whole works to an even stop, again limiting slack action of the entire train. He likens the job to surfing a giant wave, with about as much control.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 25 2014Â :Â 2:56:02 PM
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Glad you posted this Chops - I have been wondering for the last two years why railroads (western railroads in particular) put a locomotive on the end of their trains. From Texas all the way to Portland Oregon I have seen that, which was strange to me because at least around these parts in the east, pusher diesels on the end are rarely seen.
http://tycodepot.com/
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