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Loco of the week;
Penn Line D-2 kit, small diesel. Whitcomb Migite diesel switcher. Unbuilt kit and a couple others. They came from the Franklin NJ train show.
frank
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Posted - May 07 2018 : 09:16:05 AM
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Nice score Frank! I spent the weekend in Michigan watching my daughters play some really good ice hockey games. Otherwise I would have loved to be hitting the shows as well!
Sean
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Posted - May 07 2018 : 09:22:10 AM
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My LOTW offering... a confirmed 1969 TS P5a. Purchased yesterday as I was driving home from Michigan for an ice hockey tournament.. (bid using a sniping service and received the confirmation push message - I was not eBaying and driving).
I sent pictures to the son of the former owner of Trackside Specialties and he confirmed that it was a TS piece and that it has the Andeco drive chassis. One of only 40 units made in 1969. The 1968 version had an International Models chassis and consisted of only 18 units.
Sean
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Posted - May 07 2018 : 09:31:16 AM
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| Awesome Sean!
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Posted - May 07 2018 : 09:52:45 AM
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That P5 would be worth crashing in ditch for! Love those
huge driving wheels, n'est pas? LOVE those Penn Line
cuties, Frank. Didn't they have some advertisement of
them in a super small layout? The $64,000 question
is do they run, and if so, would they make it over a
turn out?
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Posted - May 07 2018 : 8:34:48 PM
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Neat locomotives so far!!!
Here's my LOTW offering:
My 2nd Tyco Burlington Northern RR RF-16A "Shark" #415! This one was solely obtained for service on RETRO TYCO. *Shark Master Is Pleased* 
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Posted - May 08 2018 : 12:34:29 AM
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My LOTW offering this week is a John English Pacific 4-6-2. I took it into the shop on Sunday, and finally got the electrical issues fixed, and got it running again. A bit slow and balky, but it's moving again after many years. Needed cleaning and some electrical solder work.
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Posted - May 08 2018 : 10:46:10 PM
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Posted - May 09 2018 : 10:14:41 AM
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Seems to be a green theme. Tyco F's.
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Posted - May 13 2018 : 2:32:33 PM
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This one, Jeff?
It's hard to tell if it's te same model.
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Posted - May 14 2018 : 12:57:03 AM
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| Looks familiar, is that a single ralil of track???
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Posted - May 14 2018 : 03:36:51 AM
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I believe it is the same model, the whole legend was that the head of Penn Line had that on his desk, a "Midget" diesel running around a half dollar/some large dollar coin and one outer rail. It was supposedly a sorta rebuke to anyone who said "They had no space for an HO layout"
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Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
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They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - May 14 2018 : 07:34:48 AM
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quote:That P5 would be worth crashing in ditch for! Love those
huge driving wheels, n'est pas? LOVE those Penn Line
cuties, Frank. Didn't they have some advertisement of
them in a super small layout? The $64,000 question
is do they run, and if so, would they make it over a
turn out?
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 07 2018Â :Â 09:52:45 AM
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Chops, I did take them apart, clean out the inside, clean the wheels, and yes both run. The kit I won't build. You dont see a unbuilt kit much anymore. I'll save that for the next owner of it to decide what to do with it.
frank
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Posted - May 14 2018 : 10:25:12 AM
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quote:This one, Jeff?
It's hard to tell if it's te same model.
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â May 13 2018Â :Â 2:32:33 PM
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This is the early first version (Lead shelled) Penn Line Mini Diesel. It was band/belt drive and has a brass base. The motor stuck out the back of the cab. The later D2 version had the Zimax diecast cab and chassis, It was gear driven and the motor was turned 180 degre inside the shell from the original model. The motor in the D2 was completely enclosed inside the cab, which was slightly larger.
I have a few of each... If you are not careful, they tend to reporduce:
Sean
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Posted - May 14 2018 : 11:18:46 AM
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quote: quote:This one, Jeff?
It's hard to tell if it's te same model.
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â May 13 2018Â :Â 2:32:33 PM
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This is the early first version (Lead shelled) Penn Line Mini Diesel. It was band/belt drive and has a brass base. The motor stuck out the back of the cab. The later D2 version had the Zimax diecast cab and chassis, It was gear driven and the motor was turned 180 degre inside the shell from the original model. The motor in the D2 was completely enclosed inside the cab, which was slightly larger.
I have a few of each... If you are not careful, they tend to reporduce:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - May 14 2018 : 10:25:12 AM
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I'd like ONE please 
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Posted - May 14 2018 : 12:18:20 PM
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quote:This one, Jeff?
It's hard to tell if it's te same model.
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â May 13 2018Â :Â 2:32:33 PM
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The story goes, as i was told, this mini layout was kept on the Penn Line owner's desk.
Sean
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Posted - May 14 2018 : 1:01:36 PM
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quote:Nice score Frank! I spent the weekend in Michigan watching my daughters play some really good ice hockey games. Otherwise I would have loved to be hitting the shows as well!
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - May 07 2018 : 09:16:05 AM
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Sean
Your Girls must be getting grown up by now. Collage and marriage is coming. I lived through it with 2 girls and a son. It wasn't easy but it is over. It's their turn to worry about their kids.
frank
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Posted - May 15 2018 : 1:22:43 PM
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quote:
Sean
Your Girls must be getting grown up by now. Collage and marriage is coming . I lived through it with 2 girls and a son. It wasn't easy but it is over. It's their turn to worry about their kids.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - May 14 2018 : 1:01:36 PM
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Let me make it through high school first Frank. I still have ~3-4 years before I need to start worryng about them through college.
Sean
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