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 Posted - October 09 2016 : 6:58:16 PM
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Motors howling in protest, a pair of Geeps pull the grade on the El Paso Model Train
Club, earlier this morning. Lead unit is a Mantua GP20 and the second unit an
Athearn brush painted fantasy scheme. In tow is a 17 car consist.
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Posted - October 09 2016 : 8:40:18 PM
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Nice duo Chops! My Rivarossi 0-4-0. Original box and papers. Nice example
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Posted - October 09 2016 : 8:48:11 PM
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Here is a old original Gilbert 6 to 14.5 volt AC locomotive, Gilbert number 200. It was made from the late 1930's to after the war in the 1950's
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Posted - October 09 2016 : 9:00:38 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â October 09 2016Â :Â 6:58:16 PM
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why does the dock have rails on it? 
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Posted - October 09 2016 : 11:36:14 PM
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High speed boat launcher? Really small-scale (operation size wise) dockside switching? Some kind of reinforcement for the boards?
sim-al2
Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
純那
yeah
They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - October 10 2016 : 12:28:32 AM
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quote:High speed boat launcher? Really small-scale (operation size wise) dockside switching? Some kind of reinforcement for the boards?
Originally posted by Pokemonprime - October 09 2016 : 11:36:14 PM
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looked like a Narrow Gauge rail for some reason 
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Posted - October 10 2016 : 09:59:22 AM
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Love the New Haven Frank!
My LOTW is a D&RGW IMP 2-6-0 Old Timer:
Sean
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Posted - October 10 2016 : 10:58:54 AM
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quote: quote:High speed boat launcher? Really small-scale (operation size wise) dockside switching? Some kind of reinforcement for the boards?
Originally posted by Pokemonprime - October 09 2016 : 11:36:14 PM
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looked like a Narrow Gauge rail for some reason
Originally posted by microbusss - October 10 2016 : 12:28:32 AM
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I had never noticed that before, and I've been shooting pics from this angle for
the last twenty years.
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Posted - October 10 2016 : 5:39:42 PM
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My LOTW is this (what appears to be brand new) SOO Line 430. This one was fairly difficult to track down. I saw some one eBay over the months but they were pretty beat up. This one is nice and fresh out of the box. This one was the second to last loco I needed to complete my "Every Roadname of the Brown Box 430" Collection. I have all the locomotives just waiting on the last few to arrive!
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Posted - October 11 2016 : 07:09:29 AM
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quote:Love the New Haven Frank!
My LOTW is a D&RGW IMP 2-6-0 Old Timer:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - October 10 2016 : 09:59:22 AM
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Sean, I do recall there being a Spartan series of locomotives sold. There were a few old time locos as a part of it. I think the idea was for the modeler to detail and color their locos to represent period railroading on their favorite lines. Your mogul type fit this Spartan series. I would recall or imagine a 4-4-0 and a 2-4-2 as also being made.
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Posted - October 11 2016 : 11:30:38 PM
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Posted - October 12 2016 : 07:46:49 AM
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quote: Mike
Originally posted by Mike - October 11 2016 : 11:30:38 PM
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Mike that is a pretty fine pair of locos you got their. I wish I had visited their Jersey city terminal and seen them for real, doing what they did best. Moving trains !
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Posted - October 12 2016 : 1:29:27 PM
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Posted - October 12 2016 : 5:15:35 PM
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Were you congratulating Mike, or kristofer there Chops?
Love your Hudson, frank
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Posted - October 12 2016 : 10:56:22 PM
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quote:Were you congratulating Mike, or kristofer there Chops?
Love your Hudson, frank
Originally posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman - October 12 2016 : 5:15:35 PM
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Well he did say SOO. But all LOTWs are worthy of praise.
Mike are those F7s Mantuas? Do they have the dual MU-2s?
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Posted - October 13 2016 : 06:06:30 AM
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quote:Were you congratulating Mike, or kristofer there Chops?
Love your Hudson, frank
Originally posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman - October 12 2016 : 5:15:35 PM
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It is nice to have you back. To bad this one ( the Hudson ) is 6vAC and I cant run it. Somewhere in this house is a Gilbert 6 volt power supply. I hope it has some sort of throttle on it. And again I hope it works.
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Posted - October 13 2016 : 3:12:33 PM
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That Gilbert is a magnifecent piece, too, but I didn't
want to ramble on and on!
Kristofer also took me to school on the subject of
MU 2 versus PT motors. I did not realize the
interchangability with Tyco locomotive shells.
I have four on order, now, to replace several
defunct PT motors.
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Posted - October 13 2016 : 6:32:00 PM
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quote:That Gilbert is a magnifecent piece, too, but I didn't
want to ramble on and on!
Kristofer also took me to school on the subject of
MU 2 versus PT motors. I did not realize the
interchangability with Tyco locomotive shells.
I have four on order, now, to replace several
defunct PT motors.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â October 13 2016Â :Â 3:12:33 PM
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Those MU-2s will breathe new life into any 4 axle Tyco. I wish there was a work around for the PT's in the 630's.
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Posted - October 13 2016 : 10:44:23 PM
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rdc1 found a way to make the PowerTorque actually perform as the designers intended. Turns out the PT is one of those products that has a good design impeded by substandard materials - specifically, the magnets. By replacing the stock magnets with Dash Motorsports T-Dash magnets, he got the motor to run without overheating and provide substantially better pulling power. You do have to chisel or grind some of the side walls of the motor cavity to get them to fit since they're just a hair fatter and have slightly different curvature, but it's worth it
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Posted - October 13 2016 : 10:54:48 PM
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quote:rdc1 found a way to make the PowerTorque actually perform as the designers intended. Turns out the PT is one of those products that has a good design impeded by substandard materials - specifically, the magnets. By replacing the stock magnets with Dash Motorsports T-Dash magnets, he got the motor to run without overheating and provide substantially better pulling power. You do have to chisel or grind some of the side walls of the motor cavity to get them to fit since they're just a hair fatter and have slightly different curvature, but it's worth it
Originally posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman - October 13 2016 : 10:44:23 PM
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Cool. I'll pick up a set and give feedback/pictures on how it goes.
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Posted - October 14 2016 : 12:02:28 AM
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Get some hair clips (of the type with long flat blades) too - you'll want those as brush retainers for when you reassemble the motor.
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Posted - October 14 2016 : 11:06:24 AM
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Wooph! That is clever. However, the better function of the magnets
would stress out the pinion gear fairly quick, I'd think. After re-assembling
a PT motor here and there, the pinions would invariably ream out, even
with a four car train.
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Posted - October 14 2016 : 11:26:02 AM
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quote:Wooph! That is clever. However, the better function of the magnets
would stress out the pinion gear fairly quick, I'd think. After re-assembling
a PT motor here and there, the pinions would invariably ream out, even
with a four car train.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â October 14 2016Â :Â 11:06:24 AM
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I forgot all about those pesky pinion gears! Personally I've never seen them wear out but they are pretty flimsy from what I understand. Is there anyway to replace it? I don't know that much about gears and measurements but is there anyone who makes replacement gears?
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Posted - October 14 2016 : 12:19:55 PM
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rdc1 hasn't had that issue from what I've heard. He has had to glue it in place because they're prone to slipping off in general, but other than that..
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Posted - October 16 2016 : 11:22:23 AM
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I forgot all about those pesky pinion gears! Personally I've never seen them wear out but they are pretty flimsy from what I understand. Is there anyway to replace it? I don't know that much about gears and measurements but is there anyone who makes replacement gears?
Originally posted by kristofer4301Â -Â October 14 2016Â :Â 11:26:02 AM
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well my main problem with them teency weency pinion gears is if they haven't been run in a while then tend to pop off the shaft while loco is in motion & when they do pop off it races the motor! 
I think you gotta rough up the shaft to make them stick
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