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This is a post one, get two more free week for me. I did a BIN to get these nice all-metal 44-tonner units. Not sure who made them, but for $44, I decided it was a good enough price for these older models, as I like the smaller diesels and steam engines. I've tried two so far, and the motors try to turn, but probably need major clean-up and lube after sitting so many years. In kit form, there is lots of flashing to remove and details to attach before they will be complete. But I have time. 
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Posted - September 28 2014 : 11:05:19 AM
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My guess is Model Engineering Works.
Nice, A two-pack!
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Posted - September 28 2014 : 11:37:18 AM
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I should have said three-pack.
My loco thisc week, a Tenshodo NYC Hudson.
I think this belonged to the guy with the green and gold paint by the gallon.
Some befores and afters. This was considered a "basket case"by my pal at the LHS.
Cost me nothing but continued servicing and repairs on other pieces.
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Posted - September 28 2014 : 11:51:32 AM
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Nice stuff so far guys. My LOTW is yet another Thomas The Train H0 scale locomotive from Bachmann. Don't worry guys, there's a train show I'm going to next week so I'll start posting better stuff soon. I'll take pictures there too. Anyway, this Thomas The Tank item this time is a Bachmann Donald my little brother got last year. 
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Posted - September 28 2014 : 4:25:01 PM
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Here is a nice set of RF-16's. I hope you like them!
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Posted - September 28 2014 : 6:34:39 PM
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I definitely like them. Something about that livery honestly looks good on those engines.
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Posted - September 28 2014 : 6:45:50 PM
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Jerry, nice two-fer. That's a Lindsay motor, so they should run well with a little attention.
Evan: Ooooooo, gimmeees!!! I is uber jealous!
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Posted - September 28 2014 : 7:00:38 PM
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quote:
Evan: Ooooooo, gimmeees!!! I is uber jealous!
(Apologies for that shameless impression. )
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â September 28 2014Â :Â 6:45:50 PM
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hehe you fine I'm the same right now
kovacste000: I wants Ben cause its my RL name
Plus I was named after a horror movie rat of the same name
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Posted - September 28 2014 : 7:06:02 PM
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I had gotten the little beauty from a nice deal on Ebay. Was a 2-6-0 but the boiler was for the 4-4-0 i had gotten from the same seller. Fascinating looking at how someone else builds their locomotives. Genius use of mantua parts. A bit of a gorilla on the screws though. Uses a mantua 0-6-0 boiler and cylinders, a mantua general chassis, wheels, and rods, and the rest is scratch built. The tender is mine, looks good with the old girl. Got he appropriate detail parts coming in. Gonna look like a $300.00 engine in a short time, if i can find a way of properly gearing and motoring her first.
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Posted - September 28 2014 : 8:48:40 PM
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I think those are from Keystone.quote:This is a post one, get two more free week for me. I did a BIN to get these nice all-metal 44-tonner units. Not sure who made them, but for $44, I decided it was a good enough price for these older models, as I like the smaller diesels and steam engines. I've tried two so far, and the motors try to turn, but probably need major clean-up and lube after sitting so many years. In kit form, there is lots of flashing to remove and details to attach before they will be complete. But I have time.
Jerry
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| As Evan stated, the 44 toners were produced by MEW.
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 12:09:35 AM
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quote:I had gotten the little beauty from a nice deal on Ebay. Was a 2-6-0 but the boiler was for the 4-4-0 i had gotten from the same seller. Fascinating looking at how someone else builds their locomotives. Genius use of mantua parts. A bit of a gorilla on the screws though. Uses a mantua 0-6-0 boiler and cylinders, a mantua general chassis, wheels, and rods, and the rest is scratch built. The tender is mine, looks good with the old girl. Got he appropriate detail parts coming in. Gonna look like a $300.00 engine in a short time, if i can find a way of properly gearing and motoring her first.
Originally posted by LGLrr845Â -Â September 28 2014Â :Â 7:06:02 PM
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I've got to ask, do you have an idea of what specific loco the previous owner was aiming at building? I see a Belpaire firebox, a high headlight, and I get ideas...
I suggest this turn into a PRR D16sb
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 12:20:42 AM
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| I knew what the engine was when I saw it. I will be building 1223 or one of her sister engines if i can't find the pin striping.
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 09:31:31 AM
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I thought that thing looked awfully familiar in terms of design.
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 12:28:26 PM
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quote:I think those are from Keystone.quote:This is a post one, get two more free week for me. I did a BIN to get these nice all-metal 44-tonner units. Not sure who made them, but for $44, I decided it was a good enough price for these older models, as I like the smaller diesels and steam engines. I've tried two so far, and the motors try to turn, but probably need major clean-up and lube after sitting so many years. In kit form, there is lots of flashing to remove and details to attach before they will be complete. But I have time.
Jerry
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Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â September 28 2014Â :Â 8:48:40 PM
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They are by Model Engineering Works. MEW. I have had and sold a few of them in the past. They are of good quality, but the drive mech is pretty poor and a little difficult to repower.
Sean
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 12:44:48 PM
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My LOTW is a very early and very rare (and I do not use that term lightly) George Stock sand cast brass GG1.
The paint on this model is near perfect but the decals show some wear. I think this is likely a model that dates no later than 1937.
I have one other brass version in my collection. This one differs from that one is a few ways which makes me think it is of one of the earliest production pieces... It is smooth with no molded on (cut-out) louvers, marker lights, and PRR Keystone plates. The pilot decks have more rounded cow catchers and the nose of the shell is thicker. Other than that, the tops of drive mechanisms are stamped/engraved with the dotted STOCK name.
Here is the other brass one I have...
I also have one with an aluminum shell. All other versions I have ever seen have been brass. I think this one will look stunning all polished up in bare aluminum and clear coated!
It is my understanding, only about 100 units total were ever produced up until 1946.
Sean
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 1:24:55 PM
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That is a hard act to follow, Sean! But here is my LOTW, an Athearn BN F45 I picked up in Wildwood NJ for $10.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 2:31:09 PM
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A old brass Baldwin Centerpied.
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 2:32:33 PM
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| Some nice vintage equipment here. I really dig seeing folks tune up the older stuff and bring it to life again.
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 2:36:30 PM
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quote:Some nice vintage equipment here. I really dig seeing folks tune up the older stuff and bring it to life again.
Originally posted by Barry - September 29 2014 : 2:32:33 PM
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yes I agree
& Google Earthing the old addresses fun too
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 6:38:58 PM
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quote: quote:Some nice vintage equipment here. I really dig seeing folks tune up the older stuff and bring it to life again.
Originally posted by Barry - September 29 2014 : 2:32:33 PM
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yes I agree
& Google Earthing the old addresses fun too
Originally posted by microbusss - September 29 2014 : 2:36:30 PM
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I do the same thing as you do, Microbusss.Honestly, yesterday I just typed in Mantua's address to and found some old shipping factory or something.
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 8:19:17 PM
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These make me want to cast one of my own.So does that GG-1quote: quote:I think those are from Keystone.quote:This is a post one, get two more free week for me. I did a BIN to get these nice all-metal 44-tonner units. Not sure who made them, but for $44, I decided it was a good enough price for these older models, as I like the smaller diesels and steam engines. I've tried two so far, and the motors try to turn, but probably need major clean-up and lube after sitting so many years. In kit form, there is lots of flashing to remove and details to attach before they will be complete. But I have time.
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â September 28 2014Â :Â 08:45:49 AM
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Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â September 28 2014Â :Â 8:48:40 PM
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They are by Model Engineering Works. MEW. I have had and sold a few of them in the past. They are of good quality, but the drive mech is pretty poor and a little difficult to repower.
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 8:20:21 PM
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A TRUE classic! quote:That is a hard act to follow, Sean! But here is my LOTW, an Athearn BN F45 I picked up in Wildwood NJ for $10.
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Posted - September 30 2014 : 08:55:19 AM
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quote:A old brass Baldwin Centerpied.
frank
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C L loco Frank!
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Posted - September 30 2014 : 08:57:59 AM
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quote:I had gotten the little beauty from a nice deal on Ebay. Was a 2-6-0 but the boiler was for the 4-4-0 i had gotten from the same seller. Fascinating looking at how someone else builds their locomotives. Genius use of mantua parts. A bit of a gorilla on the screws though. Uses a mantua 0-6-0 boiler and cylinders, a mantua general chassis, wheels, and rods, and the rest is scratch built. The tender is mine, looks good with the old girl. Got he appropriate detail parts coming in. Gonna look like a $300.00 engine in a short time, if i can find a way of properly gearing and motoring her first.
Originally posted by LGLrr845Â -Â September 28 2014Â :Â 7:06:02 PM
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Mike, Great acquisition! I love it when I pick up someone else's abandoned projects. The quest to figure out what they were trying to make is sometimes pretty fun!
Sean
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Posted - September 30 2014 : 8:49:32 PM
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My LOTW....
A Tyco F7 from Australia.... IIRC New-South Wales RR.
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Posted - September 30 2014 : 9:43:25 PM
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quote: quote:I had gotten the little beauty from a nice deal on Ebay. Was a 2-6-0 but the boiler was for the 4-4-0 i had gotten from the same seller. Fascinating looking at how someone else builds their locomotives. Genius use of mantua parts. A bit of a gorilla on the screws though. Uses a mantua 0-6-0 boiler and cylinders, a mantua general chassis, wheels, and rods, and the rest is scratch built. The tender is mine, looks good with the old girl. Got he appropriate detail parts coming in. Gonna look like a $300.00 engine in a short time, if i can find a way of properly gearing and motoring her first.
Originally posted by LGLrr845Â -Â September 28 2014Â :Â 7:06:02 PM
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Mike, Great acquisition! I love it when I pick up someone else's abandoned projects. The quest to figure out what they were trying to make is sometimes pretty fun!
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - September 30 2014 : 08:57:59 AM
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On a few of the partly-done cars and crap I've compulsively taken home, I've gotten the feeling that the only thing the previous owner was trying to make, was a headache for ME! 
That aside, very true.
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Posted - October 01 2014 : 12:54:01 AM
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Remarkable pieces. Now I learn that Tyco was making for
Australian market!! What other continents, nations, were
they making Tyco for??? Wow!
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Posted - October 01 2014 : 10:08:52 AM
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quote:Remarkable pieces. Now I learn that Tyco was making for
Australian market!! What other continents, nations, were
they making Tyco for??? Wow!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â October 01 2014Â :Â 12:54:01 AM
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just Australia
With NSW & QR locos
Yet none of the Tyco locos were actually used in Australia
Oh the had F7s yes but they had cabs on either end
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Posted - October 01 2014 : 11:21:20 AM
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This S12 project came together rather quickly. I needed a shell and found this one on eBay from a seller we all know quite well around here:) I'm going to some work to it but nothing major.
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Posted - October 01 2014 : 1:54:30 PM
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Sean
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Posted - October 01 2014 : 6:24:42 PM
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quote: quote:Remarkable pieces. Now I learn that Tyco was making for
Australian market!! What other continents, nations, were
they making Tyco for??? Wow!
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just Australia
Originally posted by microbusss - October 01 2014 : 10:08:52 AM
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Don't forget Canada, as some models didn't get sold down here in the USA market, although they're easier to get than ones from Australia.
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Posted - October 02 2014 : 12:05:41 AM
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The Model Power version of Mantua's GP-20 in Burlington Northern colors!
Pretty nice runner from what I can see, but it's not DCC-ready. I can probably do a hardwire job though, like my Walthers Dash-8s. Anyone know a good decoder I could try to put one in? (like maybe one of Bachmann's?)
Oooh, LED lighting!
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Posted - October 02 2014 : 12:15:37 AM
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Not a fan of the F9, but I really dig the color combination of this set from down under!
Now all I need is the VR F9, Caboose, and the QR switcher and I will be done with the Australian TYCO.
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Posted - October 02 2014 : 7:17:39 PM
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quote:Not a fan of the F9, but I really dig the color combination of this set from down under!
Now all I need is the VR F9, Caboose, and the QR switcher and I will be done with the Australian TYCO.
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - October 02 2014 : 12:15:37 AM
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I honestly don't blame you for liking that because I like it too.
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