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 Posted - August 25 2017 : 3:49:01 PM
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Here's my offering this week. It was basically just a pile of junk that I picked up on the bay and it has taken me a couple of months to get it this far to the point where it is running well with the help of the new Hobbytown of Boston guy, Nick. He has been a great help in restoring this loco and as you can see I'm far from being done with it as it stands. It needs painting, couplers and railings. I would also like to add all wheel pick-up at some point in the future. Richard in Vermont (how do I get the photo into my post?)
Edited by - Richard on August 26 2017 11:21:57 AM
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Posted - August 25 2017 : 6:25:28 PM
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Nice work! It is so rewarding to get an old locomotive running again, especially a quality locomotive like Hobbytown.
I've heard that Hobbytowns can really pull a lot of cars, is that true?
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Posted - August 25 2017 : 6:30:53 PM
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Oh by the way, when you create a post click the camera icon to attach a picture. It's real subtle, it took me a while to figure this out. 
And make sure the picture is not too big or the uploader will time out. 
Edited by - Redwoods on August 25 2017 6:32:02 PM
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Posted - August 25 2017 : 6:36:08 PM
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quote:http://i.imgur.com/U0fZF0I.jpg Here's my offering this week. It was basically just a pile of junk that I picked up on the bay and it has taken me a couple of months to get it this far to the point where it is running well with the help of the new Hobbytown of Boston guy, Nick. He has been a great help in restoring this loco and as you can see I'm far from being done with it as it stands. It needs painting, couplers and railings. I would also like to add all wheel pick-up at some point in the future. Richard in Vermont (how do I get the photo into my post?)
Originally posted by Richard - August 25 2017 : 3:49:01 PM
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Good work on restoring an old locomotive to operation! Hope the rest of the restoration process goes well for you. 
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Posted - August 25 2017 : 6:55:28 PM
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Here is my LOTW offering for this week- Enjoy. :)
This was one of the first couple locomotives which operated on my HO-Scale layout. It is Southern RR GP-38 #5056, made by LifeLike.
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Posted - August 25 2017 : 7:55:29 PM
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I kinda wanna paint one of those up as an ex-NS unit, one of the ones that went to LTEX. There's probably big exterior differences between the GP38s and the GP38-2s tho
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 - August 26 2017 : 11:35:12 AM
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That is a killer piece, Richard. I'd not change the "weathering," myself.
Then again, Vermont Central would be nice...
Like your Geep, RP.
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