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 Posted - June 24 2007 : 1:06:25 PM
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Happy Sunday Guys:
Bought this Loco off Evilbay a few months ago. NIB for $40. I'm an Alco lover like AF and always been a D&H fan since the early 70's.
Outstanding price.
OK, guys, over to you!
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 Posted - June 24 2007 : 2:12:03 PM
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Okay, here's a bit of an odd one...that super-crude American, Train & Track FT-A unit apparently perhaps also sold under the Parkway name for a time in the '70s...
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Tony Cook/att_parkway_FT_atsf.jpg
Read recently in the book Diesel Demonstrators that "F" in "FT" may not have stood for "freight" as I commonly thought was true. EMD at the time used horsepower ratings for the first letter and this beast had 1350-hp. which was rounded to fourteen and thus "F" is the first letter. The "T" according to this book stands for "Twin" as EMD sold FT's in pairs (A & B).
Diesel Demonstrators is an awesome book from Weekend Chief. Check it out if you get the chance.
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Posted - June 24 2007 : 2:15:23 PM
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This week is a Bachmann N&W 4-8-4 Class "J" from the early 80s that I bought from an estate sale last year. It belonged to an older gentleman that I had met only a week or two earlier, a B-17 test pilot before WWII. His son asked that I help him dismantle his layout and price out his collection for the family. I paid $35 for it.
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Posted - June 24 2007 : 9:42:11 PM
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This is a 50s era Mantua Mikado.
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Posted - June 24 2007 : 10:09:07 PM
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Hey Ray & Tony C. Thanks for those additions!
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Posted - June 24 2007 : 11:12:24 PM
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good looking steamer ray
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Posted - June 24 2007 : 11:27:39 PM
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Heres a vintage peice but not too rare. I picked it up at a show fairly cheap and thought it had a nice paint job.
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Posted - June 24 2007 : 11:58:01 PM
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| Is the nose herald on that LifeLike GM&O a decal? The haunt has (or had) two of them and the heralds were stickers... but yours almost looks painted on?
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Posted - June 25 2007 : 12:15:40 AM
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Here's a Two-fer since I missed the last week:
The 5210 is Tyco SD24 of course, while the 5522 is a Lionel HO U18B from 1975.
The Tyco is of course a PowerTorque drive, and has the odd feature of yellow paint instead of the appropriate orange. One should note that the RioGrande's black paint scheme does a GREAT job of hiding the unsightly Tyco drive and fuel tank mounting lugs, though. The Lionel unit has their self-heralded G.E. electric motor, which is kinda cool: It's like having a true HO-scale GE Prime Mover! [:p] It does run much better than the powertorque, but while one can tell Lionel did put a bit of thought behind it, it's a little rough and fragile in its implementation.
The Lionel unit is one of my favorite examples from the 1970's line, and represents a very intriguing spectre in the hobby. Lionel was the ONLY manufacturer to ever offer a U18B in HO, a distinction that held for 30 years. Even so, they did not get very much mileage from it - even though it was a rare instance of an item being Lionel's own tooling! They only offered 3 roadnames (the others being Soo Line and CP Rail; I would love to find the latter). The tooling was also a statement of contrasts: the GE drive required a "fat" hood much like older Athearn locos, but Atlas had just made these a no-no. (Even so, GE units arguably do not suffer the effects of a fat hood as badly as EMD models). Perhaps trying to redeem the fatty faux pas, Lionel DID offer a nicely-rendered integrated treadwalk pattern - something that was ahead of its time and NOT seen on Atlas models. But ultimately Lionel would only offer these diesels for just two years, and the tooling woudl disappear forever following their second exit from HO.
The couplers on the Lionel U18 are a real bother, as they stick out too far and are a unique Lionel piece, making replacements hard to come by. Owing to this, mine ended up being free after a postal snafu (helllllo, insurance!!)
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Posted - June 25 2007 : 12:17:29 AM
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Its painted on. GM&O stuff in my area is not in short supply so ill have to keep an eye out for the decaled one as I never really noticed.
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Posted - June 25 2007 : 12:23:45 AM
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That U-18 is cool man. Those are fairly uncommon as I dont see many around. Is the horn on the U-18 a Leslie RS-5T? I got a buddy of mine who has a Lionel U-18 painted in bicentenial colors , maybe an uncataloged item?
I did see where Intermountain was supposed to release one but Chessie System never had any so I doubt ill pick one up.
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Posted - June 25 2007 : 12:32:30 AM
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The Lionel U18s ARE very cool. I have no idea what kind of horn that is; I do well enough just to know the Leslie name, LOL. You realroaders have all the fun!
I'm not aware of a Bicentennial unit. Lionel DID supposedly offer an Undec U18, so maybe that's how it started. Speaking of which... while Chessie didn't own any U18s, Family Lines did... and there was a BEAUTIFUL custom Family Lines / Seaboard System (can't remember which) on ebay some months ago. I didn't bother bidding 'cuz I would have been absent the snipe-fest; but then the final price was ultimately only about $40 - a pittance! 
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Posted - June 25 2007 : 12:36:09 AM
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Gareth, those Atlas / Kato Centuries are awesome.
The haunt just got a NH and a CN this week. I was tempted - and that was before seeing yours, and I don't even MODEL the CN! I think his price was unusually high for the CN ($50) but he only wanted $30 for the NH. I should swap the boxes, LOL.
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Posted - June 25 2007 : 5:44:18 PM
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Hey GIC:
The NH and the CN, Atlas 424's? Which paint scheme on theme? Noodle on the CN? And the Tyco 430 style NH paint on the NH 424?
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Posted - June 27 2007 : 8:50:12 PM
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Hi Guys. Years ago I purchased a Lionel HO 0561 Husky Rotary Snow blower.
I liked the engine But, I also liked what these engines were bringing on eBay. So Before I sold it, I took it apart and was able to copy it.
Using an Athearn Hustler (Gareth's favorite) and other Athearn Parts and Using the Lionel Husky Gear drive I created an almost Identical Model.
It looks and runs the same as the Lionel. It also has the rotary blower blade turning as it moves just like the Lionel.
But, it doesn't have the High Price tag as the Lionel 0561.
The Hustler Rotary Snow Blower Is a lot cheaper to make.
You can add extra detail and paint it for your favorite Road.
Numquam Immoderatio Satis Est
(Too Much Is Never Enough )
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Posted - June 27 2007 : 9:03:00 PM
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Super Hustler Cool!!!
Yippe! [:D] [:D] [:D]
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Posted - June 27 2007 : 10:38:11 PM
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| Awesome work V-HO! So did you cast-and-clone the blower attachment, or did you somehow scratchbuild a housing...?
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Posted - June 28 2007 : 11:21:35 AM
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Very cool Rotary Hustler!
[}:)]
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Posted - June 28 2007 : 8:36:34 PM
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Many cool items shown. The Alco, The Hustler, Lionel U-boat, interesting. Thank you.
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