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 Posted - July 18 2014 : 4:07:00 PM
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these are lines from South America in Brazil 
http://www.frateschi.com.br/site/index_eng.php?page=home_eng
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 Posted - July 18 2014 : 4:59:48 PM
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Now that's an interesting oddity.
-Steve
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Posted - July 18 2014 : 5:02:32 PM
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Hey buss, I don't want to burst your bubble but they are not a new company. They have been around for years. Model Power sold there locomotives and passenger car. They made to 4-6-0, 0-8-0, and 2-8-0, with tender drive, that Model power was selling as theirs. Also the streamline passenger cars. I have 2 different sets of PRR ones.
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Posted - July 18 2014 : 6:14:17 PM
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Their website says you can buy their trains in St. Marys PA.
There is a great brewery in St. Marys too (Straub Beer) 
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - July 18 2014 : 8:13:03 PM
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The tender driven ones that Model Power sold had no swivel to the trucks, making for a long rigid wheelbase with a minimum radius well above the trainset standard 18 inches. The consolidation had the first and last driver axles mounted just a bit higher than driver axles 2 and 3. This made them ready, able and eager to derail at the smallest excuse.
Unless these were redesigned in the past decade or so, buyer beware.
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Posted - July 19 2014 : 5:49:08 PM
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I have an earlier model 2-8-0, and the inner wheelsets on each tender truck have a lot of sideways movement, giving them more than enough lateral play for 18" radii. The 2 center pairs drivers are also blind, so I've had no problem with derailments, just a noisy and hard to replace motor in the tender. Later versions have a Mabuchi motor, which I assume are quieter.
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Posted - July 19 2014 : 8:53:31 PM
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I've always been tempted by their EP-4 electric locomotive. A bit pricey though.
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Posted - July 19 2014 : 11:44:19 PM
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| true pricey yes All I want is ONE car hehe
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Posted - July 21 2014 : 5:38:36 PM
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Would love to see if their store in the states sells parts. I am wondering if I could get a pantagraph for my american E60
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 7:44:42 PM
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Here Ya Go!
The mechanism is similar to the AHM/IHC GG1. It has no weight to it, and flies around the layout. I have to figure out a way to limit the speed. I've only used it once because of it.
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 8:17:04 PM
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Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised because right off the bat it reminded me of a mix of a Union Pacific streamlined diesel and a GG1. No wonders it has a similar drive.Whatever the case, it looks pretty sweet in my book.
-Steve
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 8:26:34 PM
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quote:
gimmies!!
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 10:31:17 PM
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It's a GE used in Brazil:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_2-C%2BC-2
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Posted - January 28 2015 : 10:15:38 AM
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mb:
I saw the U5b at a train show here in Erie. Somebody was running a switcher and at first I thought it was an FM, then I looked closer and realized, WTF, a U5b! Confirmed by the loco's owner...i think the club that sets up the layout it was running on has some connection with the St marys importer...
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Posted - January 31 2015 : 9:13:30 PM
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Now give it a little kitbashing and that FEPASA electric would make a darned good Little Joe!
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