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 Posted - June 11 2017 : 12:22:10 PM
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I found this unknown dummy in a Athern box for $1 but I don't believe it is a Athern
nothing on bottom to indicate who made it
hopefully TF will stay on after I post this grrrr
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Posted - June 11 2017 : 1:54:12 PM
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Look in the shell may be a Varney.
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Posted - June 11 2017 : 2:40:52 PM
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I think it is Gilbert. from a 420 to 423 F3A.
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Posted - June 11 2017 : 9:16:28 PM
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Little and Big Rivarossi...
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 Posted - June 11 2017 : 10:03:21 PM
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if I could get $500 I'd go see that Big Boy In Person 
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Posted - June 11 2017 : 10:51:29 PM
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quote:if I could get $500 I'd go see that Big Boy In Person
Originally posted by microbusss - June 11 2017 : 10:03:21 PM
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Have you tried saying, "Hey big boy, come up and see me sometime," in your best imitation of Mae West? Maybe it'd come see you.
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Posted - June 12 2017 : 12:12:31 AM
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quote: quote:if I could get $500 I'd go see that Big Boy In Person
Originally posted by microbusss - June 11 2017 : 10:03:21 PM
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Have you tried saying, "Hey big boy, come up and see me sometime," in your best imitation of Mae West? Maybe it'd come see you.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - June 11 2017 : 10:51:29 PM
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 no cause its at the Forney Museum in Denver, CO
the name should sound familiar
The reason I needs the money is that on July 22 & 23 is the train show there
If I don't make it So what?
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Posted - June 12 2017 : 10:10:40 AM
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My LOTW offering this week is a Mack BR Special non-powered diesel switcher manufactured by Lima Locomotive Works, a division of Scale Structures Limited (SSLTD)
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Posted - June 12 2017 : 5:54:39 PM
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Relevant to the Mack this Mack Trucks forum thread started a few years ago might be of interest, https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33657-mack-rail-%E2%80%93-the-locomotives/
" Posted November 27, 2013
Mack Trucks produced its first locomotive in May, 1921. It was a 33-ton chain-drive four wheel steeple cab locomotive powered by two 40-horsepower AC gasoline engines mounted fore and aft of the cab. "
And when looking at the photos note that on type of switched above the cab floor is below the door sill.
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Posted - June 12 2017 : 7:07:40 PM
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Nice Rivarossis, Mike. One of my first was the B&0 0-4-0. You never
forget your first one.
Interesting back story on the Mack locomotives. I drove a Mack tractor
for a few years back in the day. Cab comfort was about zero and those
old motors would never quit, but they teeth rattling bone busters all
of them. Left me half deaf to boot.
Those interesting little switchers don't look much more comfortable.
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Posted - June 14 2017 : 09:19:57 AM
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I like the Mack alot!  Those are neat little engines. My contribution this week is a Traction engine, an AHM Streetcar. Must be an early model, still has the nice powered pole option before they cheapened up production later.
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Posted - June 15 2017 : 11:36:23 AM
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Late era PC mish/mash...
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Posted - June 15 2017 : 7:32:19 PM
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My LOTW is a Mantua Pony. I saw one in a parts list I have of all the locomotives Mantua supported at the time I got the list:
It looks like they got more mileage out of their tooling by putting their 4-6-0's tender on a shifter locomotive. I remember the advertising talking about times long ago when the railroads did run some 0-4-0's on the mainline and call them ponies. I've never run across a Mantua Pony. I did have a Prairie that had the same tender, though. When I got the standard tender for the Prairie, I did some swapping around of tenders and ended up with this:
It's a Mantua Pony (sort of), but not exactly like the one they offered.
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Posted - June 16 2017 : 12:48:09 PM
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Here is the Gilbert F3a.
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Posted - June 17 2017 : 10:18:35 AM
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| Interesting bit, scsshaggy. I never knew that.
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Posted - June 17 2017 : 4:00:09 PM
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| Good thing that Lackawanna loco is close to that rerailer. :)
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Posted - June 18 2017 : 08:41:51 AM
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quote:Good thing that Lackawanna loco is close to that rerailer. :)
Originally posted by Heihachi_73 - June 17 2017 : 4:00:09 PM
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It is more the amount of attention I gave to it when I put in on the track for the photo.
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