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 Posted - November 07 2016 : 4:16:15 PM
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Ill start off this week with a pair of cadillacs. 
If you are not having fun, you are not doing it right.
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Posted - November 07 2016 : 5:43:52 PM
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Custom Mantua 4-6-0. Nice Espee units Ray!
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Posted - November 07 2016 : 6:28:47 PM
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Nice pieces, guys. Love that 4-6-0. Got this for a $1.50.
Dummy trucks, going to pop in an MU -2 and slap on
some horns. Just what I needed: another Tyco F unit.
After I SWORE I was not going to buy any more Tyco
for a while.
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Posted - November 08 2016 : 07:55:56 AM
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** My LOTW is a Hobbytown Baldwin AS 616. I got a second one from a friend recently. this one is PRR #8965. When run together they can defiantly pull a lot of cars.
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Posted - November 08 2016 : 2:26:36 PM
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This weeks locomotive is a recently acquired Mantua/Tyco General that I just finished getting
restored. It is the Western & Atlantic roadname, and has one little addition to it. A factory
installed smoke unit that works just fine. The units with smoke were only available factory
assembled and painted. The roadnames available were the W&A, Georgia Central, USMRR and the
CP.
Note the smoke unit stuffed in the smoke stack? These units only had 1 wire on them. The metal
body of the smoke unit was the other electrical contact.
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Posted - November 08 2016 : 2:40:37 PM
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My offering is this AHM/Rivarossi Heisler from the Syracuse Train Show. Old but never been run.
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Posted - November 08 2016 : 4:10:54 PM
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| Nice photos. This one is an N scale Atlas LIRR GP 38 engine.
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Posted - November 08 2016 : 5:23:09 PM
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Pretty cool that thing smokes George. Be neat to see a video of that if it ever works out. Nice restoration.
quote:This weeks locomotive is a recently acquired Mantua/Tyco General that I just finished getting
restored. It is the Western & Atlantic roadname, and has one little addition to it. A factory
installed smoke unit that works just fine. The units with smoke were only available factory
assembled and painted. The roadnames available were the W&A, Georgia Central, USMRR and the
CP.
Note the smoke unit stuffed in the smoke stack? These units only had 1 wire on them. The metal
body of the smoke unit was the other electrical contact.
Originally posted by oldtimer52Â -Â November 08 2016Â :Â 2:26:36 PM
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 2:39:12 PM
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quote:This weeks locomotive is a recently acquired Mantua/Tyco General that I just finished getting
restored. It is the Western & Atlantic roadname, and has one little addition to it. A factory
installed smoke unit that works just fine. The units with smoke were only available factory
assembled and painted. The roadnames available were the W&A, Georgia Central, USMRR and the
CP.
Note the smoke unit stuffed in the smoke stack? These units only had 1 wire on them. The metal
body of the smoke unit was the other electrical contact.
Originally posted by oldtimer52Â -Â November 08 2016Â :Â 2:26:36 PM
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The models equipped with the smoke units date from about 1962-63...
http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/redboxerasteamengines/id13.html
I have a couple of them myself...
Sean
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Edited by - Mustangs_n_Trains on November 09 2016 2:39:46 PM
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 2:41:18 PM
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My LOTW.. to keep with my AOTW theme...
A Penn Line Whitcomb mini diesel..
Sean
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 3:42:40 PM
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| Cool. The engine to go with the ad die.
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 4:40:55 PM
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Lucky! I need one of those to run my switching operations, and the only one one eBay is $64 (I usually see them for ~$50) and includes a bunch of for parts flatcars I don't need. Also, if anyone is wondering, the Penn Line model resembles a 20-ton Whitcomb locomotive, not a "D-2" which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist. (I figured this out from comparing pictures of different Whitcombs on rrpicturearchives and pictures of the Penn Line model).
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 - November 09 2016 : 5:24:31 PM
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The Whitcomb and the American take the cake! A triple bogie
Heisler. That would be an interesting head end of a
very long string of log cars.
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 6:29:38 PM
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Love those Cadillacs! I decided to go big and get this ATSF 2-10-4 with DCC from Bachmann. There is one #4 turnout on the mainline that gives it problems so I'm going to reconfigure the track with a #6.
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 6:34:19 PM
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quote:Love those Cadillacs! I decided to go big and get this ATSF 2-10-4 with DCC from Bachmann. There is one #4 turnout on the mainline that gives it problems so I'm going to reconfigure the track with a #6.
Originally posted by Redwoods - November 09 2016 : 6:29:38 PM
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GIMMIE!!!!!
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 6:51:40 PM
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Love your entry, Redwoods. Also love the station in the background.
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 8:33:05 PM
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| Really. That's big time.
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Posted - November 09 2016 : 11:40:38 PM
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I'm double dipping this week. I bought a junker hoping to salvage some parts. This is what I bought:
After inspecting it closely it appeared to be a complete kit. I began assembling it and this is the result:
A few final details and I have a beautifully running engine. It's a Mantua.
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 12:28:37 AM
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I could tell from the pieces. She looks lovely, I hope to get mine running as well soon
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 11:42:34 AM
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| never judge a disassebled loco in a cigar box
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 1:30:42 PM
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quote:Lucky! I need one of those to run my switching operations, and the only one one eBay is $64 (I usually see them for ~$50) and includes a bunch of for parts flatcars I don't need. Also, if anyone is wondering, the Penn Line model resembles a 20-ton Whitcomb locomotive, not a "D-2" which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist. (I figured this out from comparing pictures of different Whitcombs on rrpicturearchives and pictures of the Penn Line model).
Originally posted by Pokemonprime - November 09 2016 : 4:40:55 PM
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It is representative of the Whitcomb. The D-2 referrs to the production model in that the first issue was simply referred to as the Mini diesel. This is the first run... very similar, but the base was brass, the motor was turned inside the shell, 180 deg and the magnet stuck out the back of the cab. It was belt driven. Lastly, the shell was a lead based cast metal and therefore was quite soft.
In comparison to the later die-cast zimax model:
The original model was marketed as being able to navigate the worlds smallest HO layout. One set of wheels actually rode atop a silver dollar:
Apparently this mini layout used to sit inside the owner of Penn Line's office. This is one piece I would give a right arm for...
Sean
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 1:36:39 PM
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Varney did a similar thing with their Dockside loco
Why don't you build a copy?
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 4:56:17 PM
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I recall Round House advertising their new box cab as
being able to circumnavigate "a hatband." Great thread.
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 8:55:38 PM
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Sean, do you by any chance have the USMRR locomotive with smoke? If so, would you post
a photo of it?
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Posted - November 11 2016 : 12:44:14 AM
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Posted - November 11 2016 : 01:17:34 AM
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Behold! A Niagara doing FEF cosplay
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