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 Posted - December 17 2017 : 12:33:34 PM
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Here's my LOTW offering:
Very excited about the latest addition to the locomotive roster of the Ephrata Valley Railroad -- a 1960's era (Made in the USA) Tyco/Mantua Santa Fe "Blue Bonnet" F9 #4015. 
Here's a video of it hauling freight on my layout: https://vimeo.com/247696530
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Posted - December 17 2017 : 8:51:41 PM
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One of the nicer schemes of the SF that I like. My LOTW is a bit further north, from Canada. I found a Tyco Via / CN unit at my local show, the first I've seen. Don't know how rare they are in the USA, but I didnt' have one, so I bought it. I was working on it at my shop today, and unfortunately the zinc pest in the gear studs got it, I tried to pry the gears off, and the stud posts broke off in the gears.   Oh well, some of these PT motors suffered from that problem. They don't seem to crack, but the posts swell up, and then it's all over when you try to disassemble it to clean and grease it. I've got spare motor casings, so I can fix it.
Jerry
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Posted - December 18 2017 : 10:27:32 AM
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| Ooolala, Jerry! That Blue Bonnet hauls, RP! Nice vid.
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Posted - December 21 2017 : 12:03:42 AM
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 Posted - December 21 2017 : 12:35:57 AM
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darn it, Mike!
I needs that one
Oh & about this USA Express loco?
it is NOT a Bicentennial loco!
it came out at the tail end of Tyco Trains existence before it closed in 1993!
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Posted - December 22 2017 : 4:24:44 PM
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This is a Marx Union Pacific F3a
frank
toptrain
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Edited by - toptrain on December 22 2017 4:25:48 PM
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Posted - December 22 2017 : 5:42:12 PM
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| Dang and double dang!
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Posted - December 22 2017 : 5:43:05 PM
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real cool Marx, Toptrain
the USA Express did not have a matching caboose
it was a red streamlined caboose with a double white stripe on the bottom
tho I would want one made hehe
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