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 Posted - May 14 2017 : 7:57:53 PM
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That's Happy Mother's Day to you female railroaders.  Anyway, I visited an Ollies on Saturday, and spotted some Chuggington stuff, and Hey, it's HO and POWERED!  Priced retail around 79 bucks, Ollie's price 29.99. I snagged a Wilson red F7 and a blue hopper. I took them to Train shop today, and opened up the Engine - it has a plug-n-play Decoder harness port, so it will be easy to DCC this one. It had the typical tiny truck gears that Bachmann was so famous for ( noisy! )   , and I wasn't expecting much, but it surprised me....it runs smoothly and silently, and a fair amount of speed but not Hyper-drive. This should be more fun to run than a Thomas engine I think.  At any rate, didn't really need it, but thought it'd be cool to have this to run at my club's Open House monthly train shows. And some bigger events, too.
Jerry
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 Posted - May 14 2017 : 10:17:15 PM
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O.O I want one!
Actually I wants Brewster really
but here are 2
Bachmann SD 40-2
no idea why Bachmann only put the shield on one side
this one needs gears since they are stripped 
does have a blinky light on it
As does this Spectrum Amtrak Phase 3 F40PH
will have a friend put in capacitors to keep the strobes on when it stops
sorry about pix but it was getting dark outside
EDIT: Just for fun a SW1 by Midgetoys
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Posted - May 15 2017 : 08:38:58 AM
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My locomotive of the week is the F9A/B that came in a TYCO set.
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Posted - May 15 2017 : 4:08:08 PM
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I don't have any earthly clue why, but I do like that MidgeToy switcher. Guess it has that
certain cheezy look. Well, the PC was strapped for running motive power at the end,
here is a rare shot of the little known Penn Central Box Cab.
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Posted - May 15 2017 : 5:27:18 PM
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You may have been joking Chops, but the real Penn Central certainly wasn't!
http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=107005 - Alco-GE P-2b, built 1930 pictured 1974
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1032985 - PRR B-1, pictured 1976 (Apparently this was simply sidelined, and never run through the PC era though)
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 - May 15 2017 : 5:38:58 PM
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Well, you learn something every day! I really was ignorant about those ex-Pennsy
box cabs dressed up in the Worms in Love logo. That is quite a surprise, particularly
considering just how antique those GG1 predecessors were. Maybe I'll drop a pantograph
on this little honey and remove the radiators...fact, think I will do just that.
https://youtu.be/QA3w_cwPNXI
BTW, that TAD website is pretty nifty for a PC and Conrail guy, like me. Some shots
I've never seen before. Might be able to bash this C-liner I got into a
presentable E40 without too much trouble.
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Posted - May 15 2017 : 7:15:48 PM
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My old Brass Tchang Challenger. This is almost as old as HO brass gets. As old as "Made by Guild". Everything is there. I still haven't rebuilt it .
frank
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Posted - May 15 2017 : 8:54:36 PM
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quote:
I don't have any earthly clue why, but I do like that MidgeToy switcher. Guess it has that
certain cheezy look. W
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 15 2017Â :Â 4:08:08 PM
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well that it SW1 #3
So I now has three of them hehe
never have been able to find cars or passenger cars to go with them
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Posted - May 15 2017 : 9:01:50 PM
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Posted - May 15 2017 : 11:39:39 PM
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LOTW: Bachmann N&W #610 4-8-4 J class that I recently spent wayyyy too much time restoring. It was completely broken when I first bought it. The LED headlight was one of the features that I added.
Photoshopped in the smoke.
My first attempt at weathering is seen on the Gondola on the left.
If I can't fix it, I can fix it so it can't be fixed.
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Posted - May 16 2017 : 3:30:11 PM
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Trainman, I would have to say your efforts were well rewarded.
That is some pretty remarkable work.
Pokemon's link put me in touch with some PC electrics I didn't know
existed. That E 40 is a bit more involved than I realized, once I started
looking it up. It is double ended- European style. Still, with a C Liner
chassis and a couple of F unit cabs, something might be able to be
assembled. Maybe I'll take a go at it.
Edited by - Chops124 on May 16 2017 3:38:37 PM
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Posted - May 16 2017 : 7:02:54 PM
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That is quite a piece Frank. I would imagine that German engineering made that thing run pretty smooth.
quote:My old Brass Tchang Challenger. This is almost as old as HO brass gets. As old as "Made by Guild". Everything is there. I still haven't rebuilt it .
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - May 15 2017 : 7:15:48 PM
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Posted - May 17 2017 : 10:08:51 PM
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quote:Trainman, I would have to say your efforts were well rewarded.
That is some pretty remarkable work.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 16 2017Â :Â 3:30:11 PM
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Thanks Chops124!
I was really bored on an airplane ride, and found a file for smoke, and a train picture on my laptop, so I was like why not? It took around 10 minutes to do...
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Posted - May 17 2017 : 10:56:13 PM
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All Nice pieces guys!
Frank, That one is awesome! Trainman's is really cool too!
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Posted - May 18 2017 : 01:54:03 AM
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Some great pictures. I have ALWAYS loved the Tyco F9s, particularly the MU2 ones from the late fifties-early sixties. That kind of growling/whirring sound they make is about as magical as you can get in model railroading.
And, the neatest thing is that my new N scale Kato F7s ( I know the Tycos are really F7s) make the same scaled down sound. I was gob-smacked when I first ran them.
Doug
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Posted - May 18 2017 : 07:40:20 AM
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quote:That is quite a piece Frank. I would imagine that German engineering made that thing run pretty smooth.
quote:My old Brass Tchang Challenger. This is almost as old as HO brass gets. As old as "Made by Guild". Everything is there. I still haven't rebuilt it .
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - May 15 2017 : 7:15:48 PM
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Originally posted by Barry - May 16 2017 : 7:02:54 PM
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* The photo of the loco I have is listed in a 1956 AHC catalog that has attached with it pages of early brass. This model isn't listed in the Brown books I have. The tender is unique on this model. All PFM 4-6-6-4's have larger tenders.
* Today I found a vedio on you tube of with the manufactur's name as " Teysudo Mokei Sha ".
* Also I have A sale flyer by M. B. Auston showing that they also marketed this UP Challenger .
* Being the wording on the Tchhang info is foreign, that maybe the European name for the manufacture. Where as here International Model Products and it seems M. B. Auston both sold this model.
frank
AHC 1957 catalog page 9 lower left is Challenger.
Here is the M.B.Auston info on the Challenger. This has no date on it.
you tube link to information. Tetsudo model. info dates model to 1954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VInQy-dZ3I
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Posted - May 18 2017 : 11:59:22 AM
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quote:Trainman, I would have to say your efforts were well rewarded.
That is some pretty remarkable work.
Pokemon's link put me in touch with some PC electrics I didn't know
existed. That E 40 is a bit more involved than I realized, once I started
looking it up. It is double ended- European style. Still, with a C Liner
chassis and a couple of F unit cabs, something might be able to be
assembled. Maybe I'll take a go at it.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 16 2017Â :Â 3:30:11 PM
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I think the E40 is an ex-NH EP5. Don't think anyone's imported those in plastic. The nose almost looks more "alcoesque". Maybe a pair of FA2's would be a better starting point?
Edit - I stand Corrected regarding the Plastic thing... http://rapidotrains.com/nh-ep-5-jet/
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Posted - May 18 2017 : 3:52:37 PM
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To keep with Barry's theme of early Japanese brass production, I have a two-fer offering this week. Pre 1953 all Japanese brass was hand made. Most production numbers back then ranged from 1 of 1 to 1 of 4 on average. At most you might have a 1 of 10 units produced. Mass production of Japanese brass began sometime in 1953. This one is a early 1950's handmade 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward Locomotive:
This one is one of my collection all-time favorites... Early Tenshodo Northern Pacific MINNETONKA HO Scale 0-4-0 Brass Steam Locomotive - The only one like it I have ever seen and to give some idea on the production rarity...the following is a quote one of the editor's of the original Brown Book on Brass:
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"I had seen the similar model once when I had edited "The Tenshodo Book". The model is preserved in the guest room of Tenshodo, today. I have never seen other piece in Japan." |
It may be a 1 of 2 produced. Now there is one in the Tenshodo catalog, but it is clearly a production model and not a hand made piece. Even at that however, I have never seen a production model come up for auction. Fell pretty lucky to have it.
Sean
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Posted - May 21 2017 : 1:27:07 PM
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Thanks for the tip(s) Dan, doesn't seem that Rapido E5
is in production yet. Add that to my wish list.
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Posted - May 26 2017 : 03:34:50 AM
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I never had a clue. What a fascinating survivor. I will be bashing up my old box cab to
resemble this old girl.
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Posted - May 26 2017 : 03:37:03 AM
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Another striking beauty. What say: two E units back to back, with the covered wagon
roof leveled off with a rectifier box on top and a couple of pantographs?? Thank you
again for putting me onto these units, for all my interest in the PC these particular
beauties, including the P5, had completely escaped my notice. Rather like discovering a
new planet, really.
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