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Get to start it again This weeks contribution is a loco I've been trying to get ahold
of for years. It's a Mantua/Tyco 4-6-0 Santa Fe & Disneyland issue. Have only seen
three online so far. The first one had loads of missing pieces and the second one was in
a junk box. When I saw this one, I jumped on it.
Locomotive
Tender
The nice thing about this loco, is that the tender has all four steps intact. Most are
missing at least one if not all.
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 05:48:10 AM
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** Well George you got a good one there. Its a keeper. The cars show up from time to time. Good luck with it. may it stay on the track.
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 06:34:38 AM
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After I get it, it will get the full overhaul treatment. I'm hoping the the other
cars do show up. I have yet to see any of them.
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 10:39:22 AM
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On a Varney binge this week with my OTW posts. Varney F unit that I need to work on, but I love the paint scheme.
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 11:31:24 AM
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 I quite like the paint scheme on that interesting item. My LOTW is a Mehano 2-6-0 Mogul in Canadian National livery. Runs pretty good, actually, just kinda slow which apparently that's how it's supposed to run. Oh, and I got it for $25 with an Athearn New Haven caboose.
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"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 - May 31 2015 : 12:28:35 PM
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quote:On a Varney binge this week with my OTW posts. Varney F unit that I need to work on, but I love the paint scheme.
Originally posted by mph - May 31 2015 : 10:39:22 AM
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Interesting. From the looks of the flash in the front cab windows...and the cast on side handrails...is this a later plastic shell?
The paint scheme is neat....but how much is original?
I can see someone has messed with the number boards. Originally, the boards are at the 45 degree point on the nose, just below the class lights. You can see the discoloration in the paint where the holes were filled. PO moved them back to the pre-1949 position on the sides of the nose without moving the class lights. Well done...and needed to make the point of the arrow look right (if it stopped in the old number boards......)
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 12:34:11 PM
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Going with steam as well this week.
A Rivarossi 0-8-0 in IHB.
This was in a box that had FOAM in it.
It must have sat for a while in a moist environment.
Along with the foam sticking to the plastic, the handrails on the foam side had
verdigris on them. This came off with emery paper.
If anyone has this problem on a loco or car, I found the best thing for removing the foam is your finger!
Just rubbing on the residue will remove it without taking off paint or lettering.
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 12:39:16 PM
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http://hoseeker.net/gallery/index.php?album=hotrains2%2Fgilbert-american-flyer&image=American-Flyer-F-3A.jpgScalecraft, that's a Gilbert/American Flyer engine. Gilbert eventually took over their own manufacturing in 1957. Nice engine! More information in the link.
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 3:30:14 PM
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| The A. C. Gilbert Company started manufacturing HO Trains in 1938. They contracted with Varney to produced F3 A&B units for the Gilbert HO line from 1955 thru 1959. The Lackawanna A Unit was cataloged from 1955 thru 1956. Gilbert started assembling their Pikemaster F3s in 1961 at their plant in New Haven.
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 4:06:53 PM
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Varney also made some freight cars as well for Gilbert.
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 4:33:14 PM
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quote:The A. C. Gilbert Company started manufacturing HO Trains in 1938. They contracted with Varney to produced F3 A&B units for the Gilbert HO line from 1955 thru 1959. The Lackawanna A Unit was cataloged from 1955 thru 1956. Gilbert started assembling their Pikemaster F3s in 1961 at their plant in New Haven.
Originally posted by waw47Â -Â May 31 2015Â :Â 3:30:14 PM
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 That's actually very interesting. Maybe I should look around for these things at shows.
-Steve
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 5:15:39 PM
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<a href="http://s1228.photobucket.com/user/jdboomer904/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150531_145507_zpsdcfjhse7.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee456/jdboomer904/Mobile%20Uploads/20150531_145507_zpsdcfjhse7.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 20150531_145507_zpsdcfjhse7.jpg"/></a>
American Flyer HO #433 0-6-0. Has chug and smoke unit just like the American Flyer S steamers.
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 5:17:53 PM
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 8:22:32 PM
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got this one for about nothing too !!!!!!!
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 10:00:30 PM
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Jaunty little 0-4-0. That and I get a kick out of
that swept stack on Old Timer's piece.
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 10:57:20 PM
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quote:
You're right. I happen to have a Gilbert F from that time period that I know the back story on and it is the same shell. Where I went wrong was believing what was hand written on the box when I bought it at a train show years ago. I believe the confusion came from the fact that Varney stamped their name on the inside of the shell, and there are no other manufacturer indications on the unit. The other Gilbert I have has Gilbert stamped in the gear covers. Thanks for the correction!
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Posted - June 01 2015 : 12:18:58 AM
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My pleasure. My #420 Lackawanna F has the Gilbert name plate on the rear truck. Other than that, everything else has Varney stamped on.
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Posted - June 01 2015 : 11:47:06 AM
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The earliest 420 Lackawanna F3s from 1955 did not come with an A.C. Gilbert coupler plate, all others do.
For those interested in the Varney F3s made for Gilbert, a complete list.
420 Lackawanna A-Unit Powered 1955-56
425 Lackawanna B-Unit Non-Powered 1955-56
421 B&O A-Unit Powered 1957
426 B&O B-Unit Non-Powered 1957
422 B&O A-Unit Non-Powered 1957
423 NP A-Unit Powered 1957
424 NP A-Unit Non-Powered 1957
427 NP B-Unit Non-Powered 1957
31007 B&O A-Unit Powered 1958
31008 B&O B-Unit Non-Powered 1958
31009 B&O A-Unit Non-Powered 1958
31010 NP A-Unit Powered 1958-59
31011 NP B-Unit Non-Powered 1958-59
31012 NP A-Unit Non-Powered 1958-59
31014 SP A-Unit Powered 1958
31039 MP A-Unit Powered 1963 (Varney Shell mounted on a Pikemaster Drive)
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Posted - June 02 2015 : 3:18:51 PM
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My Late Friend's custom Mehano T&P steam locomotives. Tim Eckel.
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Posted - June 02 2015 : 6:37:11 PM
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quote:My Late Friend's custom Mehano T&P steam locomotives. Tim Eckel.
Regards, John
A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. <> Rear Adm Grace Murray Hopper
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â June 02 2015Â :Â 3:18:51 PM
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I have a CN version of those moguls. Very smooth runner.
-Steve
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Posted - June 03 2015 : 01:03:54 AM
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One of my many E units.
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Posted - June 03 2015 : 6:17:10 PM
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My fantasy paint scheme Penn Central unit, Athearn, leads a consist of Tyco
Billboards at the Model Train Exhibit today.
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Posted - June 03 2015 : 6:18:17 PM
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| I think Wonder is a AHM but close enuff
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Posted - June 03 2015 : 10:58:56 PM
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Well, I'll get straight to Point B, forget A...a B unit HI-F unit, wonder how common these are? I don't recall seeing many B units powered this way. Got this in a sale lot last year, haven't done anything with it yet. Actually sitting in my office drawer at work. Speaking of Hi-F's , I'm working on an A unit, just finished isolating the motor tonight, going to install a Decoder in it, to join my Athearn Hustler Hi-F unit. I'm thinking of leaving the shell off and have a bare-bones train behind it, literally, a Zombie Limited. Anyway, enjoy my B unit!
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Posted - June 03 2015 : 11:49:56 PM
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quote:I think Wonder is a AHM but close enuff
Originally posted by microbusss - June 03 2015 : 6:18:17 PM
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Yep, that's the one thing wrong with it! Did Tyco ever make one?
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Posted - June 04 2015 : 12:28:58 AM
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quote: quote:I think Wonder is a AHM but close enuff
Originally posted by microbusss - June 03 2015 : 6:18:17 PM
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Yep, that's the one thing wrong with it! Did Tyco ever make one?
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 03 2015Â :Â 11:49:56 PM
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I believe I heard somewhere they did at some point.
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