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 Posted - February 16 2015 : 10:46:04 PM
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My latest purchase. Picked it up this past Friday.
IHC eight car set, Northern Pacific
Also to power it, two Athearn F7's
Note the difference in paint on the locos.
The lower is the older of the two, lacking the "F7A" inside the shell.
Late 50's?
Evan
 
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 12:45:45 AM
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Very Nice!! 
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 09:33:30 AM
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 That's a large number of coaches you have there, PGE.  That all must look pretty sweet when on the rails.
-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 - February 17 2015 : 10:48:25 AM
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| Nice looking set Evan.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 3:33:23 PM
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Awesome set Evan! You've definitely made me jealous. I picked up a 5-piece set of NCL streamliners a few years back. Unfortunately they're custom-painted AHM cars so I have no hope of ever expanding that set.
Athearn also produced a pair of F-7s in the two tone green paint.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 11:06:16 PM
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Now those I MUST look for.
I actually put off buying the NP set for approx.2 years.!
Since I got my Intermountain A-B set, I couldn't stop thinking about them, sitting so lonely in the hobby shop.
So I finally adopted them.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 11:22:06 PM
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quote:Now those I MUST look for.
I actually put off buying the NP set for approx.2 years.!
Since I got my Intermountain A-B set, I couldn't stop thinking about them, sitting so lonely in the hobby shop.
So I finally adopted them.
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 11:06:16 PM
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Anything in the two tone green seems to be fairly scarce in HO. No idea why as it's one of the most appealing passenger schemes IMO. You definitely got a nice score with that IHC set.
Edited by - DaCheez on February 23 2015 12:50:21 PM
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 11:59:46 PM
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quote: quote:Now those I MUST look for.
I actually put off buying the NP set for approx.2 years.!
Since I got my Intermountain A-B set, I couldn't stop thinking about them, sitting so lonely in the hobby shop.
So I finally adopted them.
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 11:06:16 PM
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Anything in the two tone green seems to be fairly scare in HO. No idea why as it's one of the most appealing passenger schemes IMO. You definitely got a nice score with that IHC set.
Originally posted by DaCheez - February 17 2015 : 11:22:06 PM
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I definitely find it rather appealing.
-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 - February 22 2015 : 12:11:03 PM
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What a set. I recall reading an article about how this
was NP's last ditch, and failed, attempt to beat off
the airline industry. Believe NP hired some high
end designer who did a very nice Native American
motif on the interior, and NP went with some new
kind of brake that stopped and released faster to
shave a little time of the schedule.
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