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My LOTW is a Mehano-made Bachmann GP18. I remember I got this at a train show, with the box and even the spare coupler, for $12. At first (since it was an older Bachmann product) I thought it wasn't gonna run well, but I decided to give it a shot because it was cheap. I put it on the tracks, and, for a an old Bachmann product, it ran very well. I was actually quite impressed by the running performance. It wasn't until later that I found out it was actually made by Mehano, not Bachmann, so yeah. It's definitely interesting how Mehano actually had a partnership with Bachmann at one time. 
-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 - January 24 2016 : 3:46:58 PM
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| heh thats the loco I got with a Golden Spike set WITHOUT that GS boxcar
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Posted - January 24 2016 : 8:06:46 PM
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Here's a pair of Tyco engines. One day I'll get them fixed up. 
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Posted - January 24 2016 : 8:28:04 PM
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Chops will go ga-ga for those locos
Just like I'm about to do for that UP set you has 
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Posted - January 25 2016 : 12:17:36 AM
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Micro was correct. I did go ga-ga. It is a sin to allow that truck to go around missing
its side like that. I have used JB Weld to stick the broken ones back on with good
effect. Shall I send you some, Cheez?
For LOTW, my friend Arlene Williams' SD40-2 in camo colors from Thursday night.
When Arlene isn't hostling model locomotives, she raises rabbits.
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Posted - January 25 2016 : 07:55:54 AM
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funny story about that loco, Chops
When that loco went thru desert areas
No one could see it!
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Posted - January 25 2016 : 12:35:23 PM
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Thanks Chops! I think I have spare parts, it's just a matter of finding the time.
Buss....I didn't even realize that set was in the picture until you mentioned it.
Edited by - DaCheez on January 25 2016 5:23:31 PM
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Posted - January 25 2016 : 2:48:00 PM
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A pair of John English Pacific types painted for the Reading.
toptrain
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Posted - January 25 2016 : 5:05:15 PM
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wow frank,what a lot of luck you are getting lately,ken
catfordken
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Posted - January 25 2016 : 6:18:07 PM
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My LOTW is this Mantua Prairie:
It has been modified with a die cast boiler and has had the wheel with the rubber traction tire replaced with a plain old metal one. A working headlight has been added to the die cast body along with a few detail parts.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - January 25 2016 : 7:30:12 PM
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Was the wheel with the traction tire actually indented for one?
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Posted - January 25 2016 : 10:16:43 PM
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quote:Was the wheel with the traction tire actually indented for one?
Originally posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman - January 25 2016 : 7:30:12 PM
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Yes. The plastic bodied Shifters, Prairies, and Big Sixes all have a groove in the rear left driver with a traction tire that looks almost like an O ring in it. Because of it, the drivers don't always sit down really flat on the tracks. That's why I like to switch to a die cast boiler and let the weight provide the traction. I swap out the grooved driver for a normal one.
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Posted - January 25 2016 : 10:51:54 PM
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Well, if it's grooved and the traction tire still causes liftup, then that is one shoddy excuse for a grooved wheel. I've never had that issue with my Hornby Thomas' traction tires.
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Posted - January 26 2016 : 12:25:19 PM
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My LOTW... A Lindsay 0-4-0 Stubby Diesel (Yellow and green)
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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Posted - January 27 2016 : 12:54:23 PM
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Been a while since I posted on the LOW. Here is the latest. Brass 4-4-0 with DCC and Sound.
If you are not having fun, you are not doing it right.
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Posted - January 27 2016 : 9:55:22 PM
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Those are some mad switchers. Nice #51. That brass
is a big shift from E7's Ray.
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Posted - January 28 2016 : 07:24:46 AM
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my loco this week is a westside brass northern pacific class l-9,smooth runner
catfordken
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Edited by - catfordken on January 28 2016 07:27:59 AM
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Posted - January 28 2016 : 4:24:46 PM
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quote:my loco this week is a westside brass northern pacific class l-9,smooth runner
Originally posted by catfordken - January 28 2016 : 07:24:46 AM
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It's a real looker, too.
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Posted - January 30 2016 : 09:01:49 AM
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My LOTW is a rare Mantua Tyco Royal Blue Pacific:
It is all metal, including the boiler, tender and even the cab!
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