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My LOTW is a Lima 00 gauge Deltic class Green Howards from the 80's. It actually runs surprisingly well, despite having a low quality pancake motor.
-Steve
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Posted - March 20 2016 : 12:39:21 PM
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Ooolala, I do like that. What European railway from
this doth hail? And what took you so long to start
this week's thread?? I've been nosing around the TF
all morning (at work).
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Posted - March 20 2016 : 1:13:46 PM
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quote:Ooolala, I do like that. What European railway from
this doth hail? And what took you so long to start
this week's thread?? I've been nosing around the TF
all morning (at work).
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 20 2016Â :Â 12:39:21 PM
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its British Railway silly  
British Rail Class 55
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Posted - March 20 2016 : 3:04:31 PM
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quote: quote:Ooolala, I do like that. What European railway from
this doth hail? And what took you so long to start
this week's thread?? I've been nosing around the TF
all morning (at work).
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 20 2016Â :Â 12:39:21 PM
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its British Railway silly
British Rail Class 55
Originally posted by microbusss - March 20 2016 : 1:13:46 PM
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You are correct. This loco had the early British Railway logo, dating the livery back to the early-mid 50s.
-Steve
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Posted - March 20 2016 : 3:23:34 PM
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quote:You are correct. This loco had the early British Railway logo, dating the livery back to the early-mid 50s.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â March 20 2016Â :Â 3:04:31 PM
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yeah & Brewster from Chuggington is one of these
but he is only a one cab type Class 55
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Posted - March 20 2016 : 3:42:00 PM
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GIMMIES
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Posted - March 20 2016 : 7:20:05 PM
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quote:My LOTW is a Lima 00 gauge Deltic class Green Howards from the 80's. It actually runs surprisingly well, despite having a low quality pancake motor.
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Steve, Well maybe it is because the motor isn't so bad as you thought nor the gearing. The designers of these things do a excellent job and the contracted builders usually screw it up. If they cant mess it up enough the part suppliers can destroy a model with carless attention.
frank
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Posted - March 20 2016 : 9:55:54 PM
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quote: quote:My LOTW is a Lima 00 gauge Deltic class Green Howards from the 80's. It actually runs surprisingly well, despite having a low quality pancake motor.
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Steve, Well maybe it is because the motor isn't so bad as you thought nor the gearing. The designers of these things do a excellent job and the contracted builders usually screw it up. If they cant mess it up enough the part suppliers can destroy a model with carless attention.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - March 20 2016 : 7:20:05 PM
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I suppose so. I looked online and most of these things seem to run fairly well, much like mine does, so maybe the motor is, in fact, a fairly well made motor.
-Steve
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 12:46:34 AM
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My LOTW is my first brass loco ever, which I just picked up at a train show:
It's a B&O B-18A, and I think it was made by KTM (Ka Tsu Mi hence KTM) and imported by GHC. Like a lot of older brass it has zamak driver centers, but fortunately they don't seem to be deteriorated. The design is quite rugged; the mechanical fits are good, and while the drive is a simple worm and gear, the worm pitch is fine and the loco operates smoothly. It's quite clean, which seems surprising in a loco that must be almost 60 years old. Must not have seen much running.
Can anybody tell me more about this loco, and about GHC brass in general? I suspect this is from the early 60s, perhaps the late 50s even. The seller, who had quite a lot of older brass at reasonable prices, had this tagged at $140. I got it for $118 (negotiated him down to $120 but ended up not having that in-pocket :P ). Does that sound like a good price? I really don't know much about brass, but I like Ten Wheelers and the B18. :)
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 08:47:21 AM
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* What my brass book says about this loco.
B&O B-18 ten wheeler. Importer General hobbies Corporation, Builder KTM, Year 1959-1961, Factory painted. That is all. Now another one was released by HO Train Company HOTCO no year list so probably the following 2 or 3 years . Was brass colored.
That is all I can find on the KTM models of this locomotive.
frank
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 3:04:44 PM
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quote:
* What my brass book says about this loco.
B&O B-18 ten wheeler. Importer General hobbies Corporation, Builder KTM, Year 1959-1961, Factory painted. That is all. Now another one was released by HO Train Company HOTCO no year list so probably the following 2 or 3 years . Was brass colored.
That is all I can find on the KTM models of this locomotive.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - March 21 2016 : 08:47:21 AM
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Thanks TT! You've backed up my guess at its origins, which is very helpful, and the year seems to line up well with this sort of factory paint job. Pretty early in the brass game, then. I haven't been able to find magazine ads for it yet, let alone reviews, but looking at similarly sized locos I guess it would have sold for $30-35 when new in '59. :)
This seems to be right at the ragged edge where Polks/GHC is bleeding rapidly into AHM. The whole Philadelphia model railroad complex seems shadowy and even a little shady, somehow...
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 3:11:55 PM
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Just won this gem off ebay
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 3:13:14 PM
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quote:Just won this gem off ebay
Originally posted by bnsfIAÂ -Â March 21 2016Â :Â 3:11:55 PM
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Congrats! :)
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 5:23:25 PM
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quote: quote:Just won this gem off ebay
Originally posted by bnsfIAÂ -Â March 21 2016Â :Â 3:11:55 PM
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Congrats! :)
Originally posted by Autobus Prime - March 21 2016 : 3:13:14 PM
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Thank You! Bidding was quite a dog fight, and this had a pretty hefty price tag, but heck, how often do you come across it?
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 8:54:46 PM
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My locomotive of the week . A few years back I got a pair of English 0-6-0t locomotives I got from Ken. This is one I converted to a 4-4-0t. Latter both got repainted.
frank
the original two together.
My kitbashed one.
toptrain
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 10:22:40 PM
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Nice conversion there tops. Looks like it was factory.
Really like that 4-6-0 BN. When we gonna see it pulling the construct?
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 11:06:32 PM
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here is ME as a loco
Now I wants Bill, Duck & the conductor's van with NW on it
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Posted - March 22 2016 : 07:46:01 AM
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Rubber band drive Budd set whisking through the deserts of El Paso. Listed as
"not found" in Greenberg's, these were snatched in near mint condition from a
back bin in Riudoso, NM.
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Posted - March 22 2016 : 11:47:55 AM
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My LOTW for this week is a George Stock Brass HO PRR GG1 Electric Locomotive:
Sean
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Posted - March 22 2016 : 1:26:43 PM
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quote:My LOTW for this week is a George Stock Brass HO PRR GG1 Electric Locomotive:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - March 22 2016 : 11:47:55 AM
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Wow, that's going way back! Lots of sand castings I take it?
What's the material? Bronze?
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Posted - March 23 2016 : 10:53:16 PM
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| Oh, that is nice.
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