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 Posted - March 27 2016 : 1:14:40 PM
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My LOTW is a Bachmann Branchline J39 in 00 gauge. 
-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 - March 27 2016 : 1:22:00 PM
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That's a gritty looking work horse you got there Kovacste.
You've got quite a British collection going on there. Where
do you find this stuff? I typically end up paying a premium
for Brit OO, if I can find it.
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Posted - March 27 2016 : 1:48:00 PM
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This week I'm gonna have 4 locos here. I bought a junk box back in Feb for a General loco.
After checking out the other locos I figured I'd go ahead and do a restore on them. Well, here
they are:
As I received them.
1. The General which has already been posted.
2. An Mantua 0-4-0 which turned out really nice.
3. An American Flyer 0-6-0 with smoke and chuffing sound. Gotta work on the smoke unit.
4. An Mantua 4-6-2 and it runs really good. Am thinking about doing this one up in B&O.
5. An Mantua 2-8-2. This one had a rod screw broken off in the geared driver. Small drill
bit and no problem.
And the nice thing about these locos, they all work just fine on an 18" radius curve!
Edited by - oldtimer52 on March 27 2016 1:57:23 PM
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Posted - March 27 2016 : 4:40:48 PM
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Are you sure they work that good on 18 inchers? Your tender
truck is derailed on that Mike.
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Posted - March 27 2016 : 4:51:28 PM
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I had placed it there for the photo. Truck off rail is my fault. I've run all of these around the
track a number of times and they work just fine.
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Posted - March 27 2016 : 5:10:01 PM
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| Man, I love those "Junk Box" finds.
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Posted - March 27 2016 : 9:50:51 PM
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quote:I had placed it there for the photo. Truck off rail is my fault. I've run all of these around the
track a number of times and they work just fine.
Originally posted by oldtimer52Â -Â March 27 2016Â :Â 4:51:28 PM
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Sure, Old Timer, it's OK, we believe you! Nice valve gear action on that AF.
I didn't guess AF was in the HO market. Pretty cool.
Edited by - Chops124 on March 27 2016 9:51:56 PM
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Posted - March 28 2016 : 09:48:51 AM
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quote:That's a gritty looking work horse you got there Kovacste.
You've got quite a British collection going on there. Where
do you find this stuff? I typically end up paying a premium
for Brit OO, if I can find it.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 27 2016Â :Â 1:22:00 PM
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Thank you.Well, the reason I'm able to get this stuff is because, well, I live in Washington, which is right below Canada, where I heard they apparently distribute British stuff to fairly easily. And, at swap meets at the train shows, there's a lot of sellers from Canada, so that's where the British stuff comes from.
-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 - March 28 2016 : 10:52:15 PM
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| That OO gauge loco looks pretty fine Steve. George, that's quite a fine collection you built out of that junk box. Nice work.
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Posted - March 28 2016 : 10:53:25 PM
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quote: quote:That's a gritty looking work horse you got there Kovacste.
You've got quite a British collection going on there. Where
do you find this stuff? I typically end up paying a premium
for Brit OO, if I can find it.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 27 2016Â :Â 1:22:00 PM
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Thank you.Well, the reason I'm able to get this stuff is because, well, I live in Washington, which is right below Canada, where I heard they apparently distribute British stuff to fairly easily. And, at swap meets at the train shows, there's a lot of sellers from Canada, so that's where the British stuff comes from.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â March 28 2016Â :Â 09:48:51 AM
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Lucky duck. So, that hook looks metal, is it? The plastic ones give me a royal
pain.
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Posted - March 28 2016 : 11:04:27 PM
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My contribution this week is a nice AHM / Rivarossi GG-1 I found at a flea market I sometimes visit, the coin dealer was selling his uncle's train estate off. LOADS of trains for sale! AT $45, I couldn't pass up this deal, and it ran perfect out of the box when I tried it. I'm stoked! :)
Jerry in VA
" When life throws you bananas...it's easy to slip up"
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Posted - March 29 2016 : 1:53:04 PM
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MY LOTW this week... a brass ALCO PRR P5 electric locomotive:
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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Posted - March 29 2016 : 7:01:28 PM
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Ive been on a Rock Island type of mood as of late. This is a proto 2K GP-18 that I installed DCC and a very bright LED on. Gonna have to get back in and dim it a little.
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Posted - March 29 2016 : 7:02:10 PM
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quote:My contribution this week is a nice AHM / Rivarossi GG-1 I found at a flea market I sometimes visit, the coin dealer was selling his uncle's train estate off. LOADS of trains for sale! AT $45, I couldn't pass up this deal, and it ran perfect out of the box when I tried it. I'm stoked! :)
Jerry in VA
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â March 28 2016Â :Â 11:04:27 PM
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YAAAAAAGH! Having AMGG1envy. Sorry. Must. Refrain. That P5 did the same thing to
me. Is that a Pet Rock? Very, very nice. Is that a petri dish in the background, with
the cables? Almost as good as my Mt. Tub.
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Posted - March 29 2016 : 7:50:52 PM
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quote:My contribution this week is a nice AHM / Rivarossi GG-1 I found at a flea market I sometimes visit, the coin dealer was selling his uncle's train estate off. LOADS of trains for sale! AT $45, I couldn't pass up this deal, and it ran perfect out of the box when I tried it. I'm stoked! :)
Jerry in VA
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â March 28 2016Â :Â 11:04:27 PM
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Wow, not bad. I got my Mehano-made H0 scale GG1 with some coaches for $40, but that's still pretty good, I have to admit, considering most of the GG1's I see are closer to $100 at least.
-Steve
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Posted - March 30 2016 : 12:43:36 AM
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this is my Tyco heritage unit
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Posted - March 30 2016 : 10:18:47 AM
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quote:this is my Tyco heritage unit
Originally posted by DougNitti - March 30 2016 : 12:43:36 AM
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GIMMIES!!!
actually I want one like that but in #777 from Unstoppable
& one of the real CSX #8888 Crazy Eights 
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Posted - March 30 2016 : 11:08:11 AM
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quote: quote:this is my Tyco heritage unit
Originally posted by DougNitti - March 30 2016 : 12:43:36 AM
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GIMMIES!!!
actually I want one like that but in #777 from Unstoppable
& one of the real CSX #8888 Crazy Eights
Originally posted by microbusss - March 30 2016 : 10:18:47 AM
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THey sell the decals for all of the Unstoppable locomotives.
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Posted - March 30 2016 : 1:05:27 PM
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| Well, that's pretty unique! Thanks for posting!
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 Posted - March 31 2016 : 5:08:35 PM
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APRIL FOOL!!!
Playskool wind-up loco
Doesn't work so in need of replacement 
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Posted - March 31 2016 : 6:29:13 PM
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quote:APRIL FOOL!!!
Originally posted by microbusss - March 31 2016 : 5:08:35 PM
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It seems you're jumping the gun just a bit.
Those couplers look like the one in the Lone Ranger movie a couple of years back. I wondered where they got that oddball design. It went well with the two reversing levers in the cab and the flexible connecting rod.
Carpe Manana!
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