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You may be wondering, why is there a new LOTW so early? Well, the answer to that question is that I will be leaving on a vacation and I won't be back for about a week so I wanted to post my OTWs early before I forget. My LOTW is an Arnold Rapido Southern Pacific GP-7 from the late 1960's, early 1970's. It runs great too!
-Steve
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Posted - June 14 2014 : 10:08:45 PM
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Posted these in last weeks SOTW & decided it wold be a better fit in the LOTW.
I moved them here.
My Texas & Rio Grande 4-8-4 Santa Fe style Northerns.
Regards, John ****************************
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Posted - June 14 2014 : 10:29:54 PM
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quote:Posted these in last weeks SOTW & decided it wold be a better fit in the LOTW.
I moved them here.
My Texas & Rio Grande 4-8-4 Santa Fe style Northerns.
Regards, John ****************************
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Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â June 14 2014Â :Â 10:08:45 PM
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I actually think they kinda apply to both SOTW and LOTW 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 - June 15 2014 : 12:54:39 AM
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A Roundhouse 2-6-0 that once looked familiar to John (Zebrails) that has now turned into my #11.
Probably my favorite project i've done all time and lets just say i've done every type of project imaginable but this one just allowed me to do whatever I wanted to do.
Got it in a very bare condition. Stripped of all any and all detail parts on the engine and tender.
I shortened the bunker height to better fit the height of the cab, then added the walkway, handrails, and oil bunker to it then i numbered it.
The detail parts and everything added to this engine other then the side rods has been just stuff i had lying around the shop. I really wanted this engine to be one of my favorites so i decided to leave the boiler in its primer color and simply paint the frame, tender, and some of the detail parts. Not a detail kit, all just stuff I had lying around that I thought would look good and it has! Lettered the cab after me
I will be building custom valve gear for it after i finish all the detail. All the wheels have been cleaned and pick up plates added to the tender wheels.
I provided such a long explanation as i do not post here much at all anymore.
Custom building the valve gear will take me a while but she'll be done in a few months.
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - June 15 2014 : 10:42:58 AM
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Great job so far, SCVR66. Love it.
-Steve
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Posted - June 15 2014 : 1:34:14 PM
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I've probably posted this before, but JRG1951 mentioned it last week, so here it is side-by-side with the newer version. The AHM BL2:
The front view really shows the differences in the two versions:
I just realized it's missing a horn!
Sorry for the wacky tablecloth!
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Posted - June 16 2014 : 03:28:08 AM
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quote:Great job so far, SCVR66.Love it.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â June 15 2014Â :Â 10:42:58 AM
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I second that statement! I am touched by your work, Hyde. You know how to put magic into what gets into your hands. I look forward to seeing more pic's!
Totally awesome, dude!
John
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Posted - June 16 2014 : 12:07:30 PM
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Here is my hot tip for the day! The chassis from the old Atlas/Con Cor GP-38 and GP-40 are a perfect fit in an older AHM BL-2. In fact, the squareish split fuel tank is actually closer to that of the BL-2 than that of the geeps. The Blomberg trucks look much better than the AAR type from AHM and the truck centers come out in just the right location. I will get mine out and post a shot of it. Given their age , the AHM unit looks pretty darn good but the proto version is definitely top-notch quote:
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Posted - June 16 2014 : 12:09:20 PM
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| Oh yeah...and I dig the tablecloth.
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Posted - June 16 2014 : 5:15:13 PM
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quote:Here is my hot tip for the day! The chassis from the old Atlas/Con Cor GP-38 and GP-40 are a perfect fit in an older AHM BL-2. In fact, the squareish split fuel tank is actually closer to that of the BL-2 than that of the geeps. The Blomberg trucks look much better than the AAR type from AHM and the truck centers come out in just the right location. I will get mine out and post a shot of it.......
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GREAT TIP metalsmith...thanks!
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Posted - June 17 2014 : 12:48:57 PM
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My LOTW:
A 2-fer..
A Mantua 2-6-8 slightly modified:
And a a $14.50 Mantua Belle (less tender). It came with a bunch of other parts....
Sean
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Posted - June 18 2014 : 01:22:06 AM
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| Wow! Great pieces, great photos! Love those BL2's, terrific track side photo! Best of luck on that Mantua Belle. That looks like a tough project! Oh, great table cloth!!
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Posted - June 18 2014 : 3:09:58 PM
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You did amazing on that Mantua La Belle, Mustangs. Looks great.Also love how little you paid for that kit.
-Steve
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Posted - June 18 2014 : 5:30:14 PM
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My LOTW is a AHM/Rivarossi Northern Pacific U25C that I recently acquired from raysouthernpac.
A very smooth runner, would put it beside any later Athearn or Proto unit and for its age the details are excellent, especially the trucks.
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Posted - June 18 2014 : 10:02:40 PM
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My LOTM is something I have been looking for ever since I got all four of the PPG tankers, the Mantua PPG Plymouth Diesel Switcher.
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Posted - June 18 2014 : 11:24:52 PM
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Jerry, those are nicely detailed trucks on that GE, and a great trackside photo! That shot brought back childhood memories of standing trackside watching the local switch crew work the small yard a block and a half from the house where I grew up. Right now I can just hear the flanges squealing and the sound of the wheels as they bump across the frogs and joints of the poorly maintained track.
That's one nice time machine you have there! Thanks for letting me borrow it.
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 12:56:02 AM
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Vintage 1972 Mantua hauling a string of Life Like Circus Coaches up 2% grade. Wow, you could hook this Mantua Mamma to yank up tree stumps.
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 01:15:38 AM
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quote:...Wow, you could hook this Mantua Mamma to yank up tree stumps.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 19 2014Â :Â 12:56:02 AM
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That reminds me (here I go time traveling again!), When I was growing up, I had a neighbor who had a branch line running behind his back yard, and on one occasion he was trying to pull up a stump by the track with an old Ford tractor. The local switch crew rolled by and offered to snatch that stump up for him with the locomotive. Well, the chain stretched instead! That stump was a bit stronger than 1750 horses! (To be fair, when they pulled in the other direction, the stump lost, but still...)
Glenn
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 08:04:21 AM
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Burlington77,
Interesting that the although made decades apart still use the same 1845 road number.
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 08:15:18 AM
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quote:Vintage 1972 Mantua hauling a string of Life Like Circus Coaches up 2% grade. Wow, you could hook this Mantua Mamma to yank up tree stumps.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 19 2014Â :Â 12:56:02 AM
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Chops, I've known club layouts where there's a kind of peer pressure to show up with only the latest in over detailed sound equipped state of the art equipment. A big club that is willing to see the old classics get out and run deserves some recognition for its flexibility.
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 08:55:17 AM
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quote:
And a a $14.50 Mantua Belle (less tender). It came with a bunch of other parts....
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - June 17 2014 : 12:48:57 PM
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$14.50 and complete?! Man, that is going to be fun to assemble. And the motor looks perfect for some supermagnets...
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 10:51:38 AM
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my loco this week is a lima mrc up c420,gonna re do this one,not sure as what yet,ken
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 11:56:21 AM
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That thing deserves to be in the odd balls thread in this forum because it's a very strange looking locomotive.
-Steve
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 3:54:48 PM
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quote:Jerry, those are nicely detailed trucks on that GE, and a great trackside photo! That shot brought back childhood memories of standing trackside watching the local switch crew work the small yard a block and a half from the house where I grew up. Right now I can just hear the flanges squealing and the sound of the wheels as they bump across the frogs and joints of the poorly maintained track.
That's one nice time machine you have there! Thanks for letting me borrow it.
Originally posted by gmoney - June 18 2014 : 11:24:52 PM
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That's probably the best compliment you could give Glenn. What it's all about
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 4:36:08 PM
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quote:...What it's all about
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â June 19 2014Â :Â 3:54:48 PM
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Amen!
Glenn
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 5:44:53 PM
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Ken,
I like the ALCO. Always thought that the Century Line was way cool? Nice model.
Regards, John **************
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 6:25:17 PM
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| I always thought that the C-420 was to freight what the PA-1 was to passenger locomotives. Nice proportions and a long nose make for a handsome example of motive power.
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 7:43:19 PM
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I remember a couple years ago, visiting the Little Rock AR Union Pacific engine service facility to see the Centennial they have displayed - there was a long-nosed Alco creeping by. I liked the look, and it comes off much better in person. Nice looking loco.
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 8:08:20 PM
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To complement Ken's Alco, here's my Apache Railway version.
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 8:16:54 PM
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Nice Alco, Adams! Is that your own paint scheme? Very sharp.
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Posted - June 19 2014 : 8:32:30 PM
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| No, this I believe is Walthers "Trainline." The Apache Ry. is a short line in Arizona.
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Posted - June 21 2014 : 12:06:56 AM
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quote:Burlington77,
Interesting that the although made decades apart still use the same 1845 road number.
Originally posted by Alco Fan - June 19 2014 : 08:04:21 AM
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What's crazy is that I didn't even notice that until I posted the pics!
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Posted - June 21 2014 : 09:23:07 AM
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That IS crazy
I saw it and just assumed burlington77 put a number decal on the AHM BL-2.
Makes you wonder how the same number got on a P2K and an old AHM. You think they both were going by the same photograph or something?
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Posted - June 21 2014 : 12:13:30 PM
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quote:To complement Ken's Alco, here's my Apache Railway version.
Originally posted by Adams - June 19 2014 : 8:08:20 PM
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Apache!
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Posted - June 21 2014 : 12:45:33 PM
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| Where can I get animated models like them for my layout?
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Posted - June 21 2014 : 9:46:17 PM
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My LOTW is this neat AHM GP-18 in Bicentennial paint.
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Posted - June 21 2014 : 10:40:29 PM
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quote: quote:
Originally posted by Adams - June 19 2014 : 8:08:20 PM
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Apache!
Originally posted by Autobus Prime - June 21 2014 : 12:13:30 PM
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Thanks Autobus Prime!
I'll never have those minutes back! I actually think I am dumber now than I was before watching that video! LOL! In fact I am sure I am!
Sean
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Posted - June 21 2014 : 11:15:26 PM
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quote:My LOTW is this neat AHM GP-18 in Bicentennial paint.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â June 21 2014Â :Â 9:46:17 PM
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Works perfect with that caboose you put behind it!
-Steve
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Posted - June 21 2014 : 11:18:09 PM
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Autobus...you have opened up a whole new world for me....APACHE!!
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