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Another Annapolis, MD train show find, this is a Bachmann E60CP, complete. I have another one, but it had the wrong pantagraph on it. This one appears to be all original and intact.  Another one to add to my growing traction power collection.
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Posted - April 12 2015 : 10:29:19 AM
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My LOTW this week is this Tyco Alco Century 430.
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 08:34:06 AM
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One of my latest conquests. I paid a lot for it, but I really wanted it because the one I already had is missing a couple of steps and the box does not have the "Single motor demonstrator" "Not for sale" on it. I plan on putting it on eBay sometime in the near future.
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 09:13:12 AM
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GG-1 - That is a very neat piece! I know it's worth too much as a rare item to mess with but I would think building a full interior and making it an actual cut away type model would be awesome.
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 12:07:00 PM
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I don't know if I could part with that one GG-1. A true collectible. I'm sure you will get a good return on it though.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 12:22:15 PM
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| Wowzer, wowzer, wowzer.
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 5:26:19 PM
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My LOTW is a Con-Cor Great Northern E7, which will be pulling my early Empire Builder streamliner:
http://tycodepot.com/
Edited by - JNXT 7707 on April 13 2015 5:26:43 PM
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 5:46:49 PM
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 6:36:37 PM
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DG&RW (Dangerous and Rapidly Growing Worse)
Krauss-Mauffei comes blasting out of the tunnel, run 8, hydraulics
boiling hot, speed 15 MPH, hauling an eight consist load of Dutch Maid and
one hopper of Wonder Bread flour.
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 6:39:49 PM
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quote:Another Annapolis, MD train show find, this is a Bachmann E60CP, complete. I have another one, but it had the wrong pantagraph on it. This one appears to be all original and intact. Another one to add to my growing traction power collection.
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â April 12 2015Â :Â 09:52:02 AM
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Love them Toasters. Love traction, too.
A good friend of the Club is thinking of installing catenary along this line to run
his GG1. Ya'll come down to El Paso and we'll have a Toaster Fest!
Open Invite to all TFer's, come and bring out your best to the Club!
Edited by - Chops124 on April 13 2015 6:42:48 PM
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 7:20:25 PM
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quote:
love it,JNXT 7707 would go nice with my only empire car lol
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 8:32:32 PM
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My LOTW is a Bachmann Burlington Northern Bachmann H0 F unit.
-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 - April 13 2015 : 10:04:05 PM
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quote:
love it,JNXT 7707 would go nice with my only empire car lol
Originally posted by catfordken - April 13 2015 : 7:20:25 PM
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That's a nice one ken, is it aluminum?
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 12:57:57 AM
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My LOTW is this LGB 0-4-0 in a circus scheme. Got this one today while cleaning out my moms basement.
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 10:04:02 AM
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quote:My LOTW is this LGB 0-4-0 in a circus scheme. Got this one today while cleaning out my moms basement.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â April 14 2015Â :Â 12:57:57 AM
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 LGB is an extremely iconic brand, man. Good job. Is it so old that it's made in Germany?
-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 - April 14 2015 : 4:02:33 PM
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hi JNXT 7707 its a brass one ken
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 5:54:10 PM
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quote:hi JNXT 7707 its a brass one ken
Originally posted by catfordken - April 14 2015 : 4:02:33 PM
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Tenshodo?? Looks pretty sweet.
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 9:35:47 PM
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Steven, that locomotive is pretty cool and a circus theme could be a lot of fun. I'm just curious, though, the relationship between cleaning out your mother's basement and obtaining this locomotive. Is that how she pays you, or does she just happen to have model railroad things in her basement that she needs you to dispense with?
quote:My LOTW is this LGB 0-4-0 in a circus scheme. Got this one today while cleaning out my moms basement.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â April 14 2015Â :Â 12:57:57 AM
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 10:48:08 PM
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quote:My LOTW is this LGB 0-4-0 in a circus scheme. Got this one today while cleaning out my moms basement.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/metalsmith1/20150414005625_DSC_5618.JPG
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â April 14 2015Â :Â 12:57:57 AM
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Missing some stuff. But, with Maerklin/LGB back in the game, with a new distributor, shouldn't be an issue long term.
Loop out the nose for coupling is gone. Special unit (altho I have drilled out a stock unit in a pinch), held in by the stack, no less. Blast pipes out of the front top of the valve box are gone (fit into the side of the smokebox).
Shows how they go:
http://www.justgardenrailways.co.uk/~lgb-2020-g-scale-white-stainz-model-railway-locomotive-with-extra-carriages/67926.html
plus the vertical actuator rod off the topmost plate.
Play Value..those things did get broken/knocked off.
http://www.justgardenrailways.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dress-your-dolls-679261716652480071.jpg
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 06:08:22 AM
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** AGK PRR E-60 CF.
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 08:34:58 AM
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Old Athearn with a very early gear drive; lettered for one of the operators on my railroad.
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 09:40:56 AM
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| Colorful engines. This one done by Walthers.
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 11:38:27 AM
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My LOTW is not mine but a cool custom Athearn F7 that is on ebay.
Regards, John
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 8:24:42 PM
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That PRR E 60 is so ugly, she's beautiful. A solid slab of
traction muscle. I like the little scuff marks about the
trucks, gives mucho character. Where in the world did
you find this unique piece- doesn't look like a Bachmann.
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 9:21:32 PM
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http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/215126.aspx
(these are quotes, not me)
I think American GK made them. They had the Amtrak E60 and the single end freight units you are looking at. I think Walthers picked them up at some point, but dropped the line after a year or so. IIRC, they had Athearn 'BB' drive parts from the Athearn GE 'U-Boats'.
I'll just add that the Black Mesa & Lake Powell was the only road you mentioned that actually owned any E60CFs.
Neither the Pennsylvania nor Conrail actually had E60CFs, or anything that looked much like them.
http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/bachmannhoscalelocomotives/id67.html
The AGK model, later Walthers, is not actually a model of the production E60C (dunno where the F comes from, the official designation is E60C for the single cab versions, E60CH/CP for the Amtrak double enders, depending on if it has head-end power or not.). The AGK models are of a never-built second generation design.
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 10:58:16 PM
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quote:That PRR E 60 is so ugly, she's beautiful. A solid slab of
traction muscle. I like the little scuff marks about the
trucks, gives mucho character. Where in the world did
you find this unique piece- doesn't look like a Bachmann.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â April 17 2015Â :Â 8:24:42 PM
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 It is, actually. I find it ugly and beautiful at the same time, it's a perfect mix of both.
-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 - April 17 2015 : 11:09:45 PM
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My LOTW is another tyco I picked up recently. A Roco made with plastic MU2 motor. Loco in good condition. Tony. 
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 7:07:26 PM
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quote:http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/215126.aspx
(these are quotes, not me)
I think American GK made them. They had the Amtrak E60 and the single end freight units you are looking at. I think Walthers picked them up at some point, but dropped the line after a year or so. IIRC, they had Athearn 'BB' drive parts from the Athearn GE 'U-Boats'.
I'll just add that the Black Mesa & Lake Powell was the only road you mentioned that actually owned any E60CFs.
Neither the Pennsylvania nor Conrail actually had E60CFs, or anything that looked much like them.
http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/bachmannhoscalelocomotives/id67.html
The AGK model, later Walthers, is not actually a model of the production E60C (dunno where the F comes from, the official designation is E60C for the single cab versions, E60CH/CP for the Amtrak double enders, depending on if it has head-end power or not.). The AGK models are of a never-built second generation design.
Originally posted by ScaleCraft - April 17 2015 : 9:21:32 PM
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Good info. These were originally body-only kits from American GK that required the buyer to add the mechanism from an Athearn SD9. There were plans to make several other things but IIRC when they were bought by Walthers, production soon stopped and they just sold off remaining stock. This design actually comes from the preliminary drawings done by GE for BN's study on re-electrifiying the former GN, and while the real locomotives never came into production, the little ones took their place 
People keep finding these things and posting them, I know we've had to explain their history before
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