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I will start off this week's thread with one of my cadillacs. This one is a dummy athearn bluebox model that was detailed out by the previous owner.
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Posted - January 30 2017 : 6:01:52 PM
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I think your loco has a nosebleed there, Ray ;)
Kidding aside, that's a nicely-detailed model. Is the lamp powered?
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Posted - January 30 2017 : 6:51:35 PM
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Nice model Ray! One can never have too many cadillacs. 
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Posted - January 30 2017 : 8:09:56 PM
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The more I look at them the more I like those cadillacs.
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Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
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They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - January 31 2017 : 08:58:44 AM
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Here is a 0-8-0 steamer of the Pennsylvania railroad. C1 class. Was sold by Model Power. Made in Brazil.
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Posted - January 31 2017 : 3:12:16 PM
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quote:I think your loco has a nosebleed there, Ray ;)
Kidding aside, that's a nicely-detailed model. Is the lamp powered?
Originally posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman - January 30 2017 : 6:01:52 PM
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Thanks Z.
It's not powered but I am thinking of powering the Loco and adding some lighting to it.
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Posted - January 31 2017 : 7:06:19 PM
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My LOTW is this interesting locomotive by Fleischmann. I just got it and don't know much about it. Can anyone tell me what year this was made and what type of locomotive it is?
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Posted - January 31 2017 : 11:49:28 PM
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Posted - February 01 2017 : 09:53:31 AM
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My LOTW... Another Mantua / Gilbert-American Flyer FY&P (Fifty Years of Progress) 4-4-0 General Steam Locomotive...
Just need to find some cars for the fleet of locomotives.
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Posted - February 02 2017 : 09:01:44 AM
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quote:I will start off this week's thread with one of my cadillacs. This one is a dummy athearn bluebox model that was detailed out by the previous owner.
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - January 30 2017 : 5:19:24 PM
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I really love the detail job done on that locomotive Ray! Good score!
Any plans to power it?
Sean
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Posted - February 02 2017 : 4:28:28 PM
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quote:My LOTW is this interesting locomotive by Fleischmann. I just got it and don't know much about it. Can anyone tell me what year this was made and what type of locomotive it is?
Originally posted by IslandTrains - January 31 2017 : 7:06:19 PM
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50's-60's. Definitely.
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Posted - February 03 2017 : 8:20:03 PM
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I finally have another Bluetooth locomotive on my HO train layout!
An Athearn ready-to-run DCC-ready Amtrak P40 "Genesis" diesel in Phase III. Let's just say the dummy plug is a real hassle to pull out without rendering the locomotive as a non-DCC-ready model that requires hardwiring...
But I put my BlueRail Trains Bluetooth decoder into it, and so far it runs really well!
The headlights don't work on this decoder, probably due to the way the locomotive is wired, but it runs really well in forward and reverse, and I'm pleased with that.
Here are my two Bluetooth trains next to each other!
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Posted - February 04 2017 : 10:49:28 AM
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| Lookin' good, Wiley!
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Posted - February 04 2017 : 8:51:57 PM
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cool
I needs to borrow a DCC loco to try out the OLD DCC thing I got for free cause it needs to be soldered 
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 10:58:44 AM
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quote: quote:I will start off this week's thread with one of my cadillacs. This one is a dummy athearn bluebox model that was detailed out by the previous owner.
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - January 30 2017 : 5:19:24 PM
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I really love the detail job done on that locomotive Ray! Good score!
Any plans to power it?
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - February 02 2017 : 09:01:44 AM
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Yes i am planning on powering it. I have a F7 B unit that will be donating it's power train to getting this loco running on its own power. Much too nice to not power.
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 11:00:02 AM
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quote:
Looks good but why not stick to DCC?
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 7:23:32 PM
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Well, the BlueTooth route would seem to allow for cordless walkaround
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 9:43:26 PM
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| Right, and another advantage with Bluetooth is that dirty track isn't as much a problem as it is with regular DCC. Sure, it's still getting power from the tracks, but its' control signals come from a wireless signal instead of through the tracks! In fact, one of my favorite methods for cleaning my track is to have my Bluetooth BNSF GP40 pull a Walthers track-cleaning boxcar on the layout, as the Bluetooth signals make it easier for the locomotive to travel over dirtier parts of the layout.
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