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Here's my LOTW offering:
A Tyco "Classic" -- Chattanooga GP20 #5628 -- now serving on RETRO TYCO. I obtained the "Geep" shell in great condition with original plastic handrails from a trade with TF member WillV, and mounted it on functioning MU-2 style trucks. However, when I tried operating it on RETRO TYCO, the rear unpowered MU-style truck kept getting derailed over turnout tracks. So, I took the loco out-of-service until I could get functioning PT trucks. I did get a great deal on a for-parts Chattanooga GP20 with functioning trucks from Ebay, but after a bit of running under the shell w. handrails, the drive gear popped off. :( So.....I finally received another for-parts Tyco "Warbonnet" Santa Fe GP20 that I won at a cheap price on Ebay last week... and after switching trucks, replacing a bottom plate, installing traction tires, and lubrication, my Chattanooga GP20 with PowerTorque is Now Working, and very well at that!!
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." - Matthew 5:16
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Posted - June 04 2018 : 05:13:58 AM
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I picked up a boxed Bachmann F9 over the weekend, it is practically brand new! I haven't given this one a run yet so I don't know how it will perform, but it is an 80s/90s train set type complete with the pancake motor and horn hooks. Unlike my other two Santa Fe bulldogs (an F7 and an F9) which have a chromed body, this one has the simplified red warbonnet design with an unpainted body. Photo has been touched up after noticing how terrible the lighting was on last week's B unit photos.
As none of my stock uses horn hooks these days (except for a pair of boxed 70s Life-Like Dubuque reefers), I might have to make a transition car for this one. Luckily I still have a ton of Athearn horn hooks which fit nicely inside Kadee draft gear boxes so it shouldn't be too hard. The Varney B unit might just be the perfect candidate for this, given a bit of extra weight (I had already converted this one to Kadees).
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Posted - June 04 2018 : 2:28:21 PM
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My loco this week is a just recently completed Mantua Shark in the EJ&E livery of the period for
this loco.
Photo of this loco.
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Posted - June 04 2018 : 4:40:34 PM
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WOW!!! REALLY WELL DONE, oldtimer! Shark Master is impressed!
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Posted - June 04 2018 : 5:39:59 PM
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That old EJE paint job is a slick scheme, nicely executed.
Within my memory, EJE was just dip-job orange. I like this bow wave better for a streamlined engine like the shark.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - June 04 2018 : 7:04:37 PM
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| Very nice George.
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Posted - June 04 2018 : 8:40:24 PM
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| Thanks all. The photo at the bottom is from the EJ&E site and is of the original locomotive.
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Posted - June 04 2018 : 9:13:29 PM
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Oldtimer52,
Excellent custom, excellent work.
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Posted - June 04 2018 : 11:13:29 PM
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Nice pieces all. RP, I greatly admire the photo of that Geep
pulling those Clementines. Very, very nice.
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Posted - June 05 2018 : 12:38:09 AM
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Thanks from a little deal with RP, got me this cool
Athearn BB Uboat. Gonna give it a little string
of Auto Train coaches!
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Posted - June 05 2018 : 05:33:27 AM
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* Bachman's American type old timer in Village Express roadname.
frank
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Posted - June 05 2018 : 10:53:14 AM
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quote:Thanks from a little deal with RP, got me this cool
Athearn BB Uboat. Gonna give it a little string
of Auto Train coaches!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 05 2018Â :Â 12:38:09 AM
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neato
I has the whole set
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Posted - June 05 2018 : 12:13:11 PM
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| Cool, I wanna see.
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Posted - June 06 2018 : 07:24:27 AM
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quote:Cool, I wanna see.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 05 2018Â :Â 12:13:11 PM
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no camera 
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Posted - June 06 2018 : 11:11:35 AM
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| Nice locos all. I've never seen that Auto Train livery before. When was that put out??
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Posted - June 06 2018 : 8:47:56 PM
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The Auto-Train U33B was a single-run roadname released 4/1973, one of the least common production roadnames on an Athearn U-boat. Just received one myself about a month ago from a friend of mine who's leaving HO scale for Lionel, although mine seems to be an error kit as the road number is only printed on one side of the cab. It's currently in a box for moving or I'd post a picture!
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Posted - June 06 2018 : 10:46:18 PM
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moar info on the operations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Train_Corporation
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Posted - June 07 2018 : 12:47:20 AM
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"The centerpiece of the Auto-Train was the 62 ex-Canadian National bi-level autoracks," some very interesting information there, bus. I wonder
what exactly those CN autoracks they refer to. Also, the Seaboard
dining cars and baggage cars used as steam generator cars.
Some easy paint overs, maybe?
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Posted - June 07 2018 : 09:26:47 AM
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Bachmann also made a set in the mid 70's
More about it here:
http://www.themetrains.com/auto-train-m-bachmann-ho-scale-models.htm
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Posted - June 07 2018 : 09:50:06 AM
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That's mega cool. I'd like to try to find that car carrier. I wouldn't
mind painting up my own, but not sure if I could find the decals.
That purple pin striping would be quite the challenge. Thanks, guys,
for all the helpful leads.
Would the carrier be typically placed behind the locomotive or at the
end of the train, in typical service?
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Posted - June 07 2018 : 10:10:47 AM
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quote:"The centerpiece of the Auto-Train was the 62 ex-Canadian National bi-level autoracks," some very interesting information there, bus. I wonder what exactly those CN autoracks they refer to.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 07 2018Â :Â 12:47:20 AM
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These!
CN was an early autorack pioneer in the late 50s-early 60s, and constructed two classes of what would soon be known as an autorack, but with the exterior constructed as a boxcar with end doors instead of side doors.
These are the other, shorter ones, which bore a very famous paint scheme that matched CN's passenger equipment. These were retired by CN and have nothing to do with Auto Train but they're cool.
The crazy thing is that Auto-Train turned a couple of the autoracks into cabooses #3 and #7.
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Posted - June 07 2018 : 1:07:53 PM
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These are great photos. I've seen a few, but not as good as this. That
Cabooserator is fantastic. And I did not know of CN's history of this
car.
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Posted - June 07 2018 : 9:34:25 PM
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I wonder why AT needed a caboose car?
Plus has anyone made it into HO scale?
least we all know that the HO CN auto boxcar with the X-ray pic on the side is real
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Posted - January 03 2025 : 10:26:16 PM
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[quote]My loco this week is a just recently completed Mantua Shark in the EJ&E livery of the period for
this loco.
Beautiful job!
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Posted - January 17 2025 : 12:36:49 PM
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Posted - January 17 2025 : 6:41:08 PM
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quote:These are great photos. I've seen a few, but not as good as this. That
Cabooserator is fantastic. And I did not know of CN's history of this
car.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 07 2018Â :Â 1:07:53 PM
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well one was found in California & shipped to a Florida RR museum to be restored & I want one!
well in my AT book they had Wide Vision cabooses too
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