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 Posted - April 27 2019 : 9:42:13 PM
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Tyco F Unit at Armadilloville
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Posted - April 28 2019 : 07:13:18 AM
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* My other Rivarossi 1955 Southern Pacific Atlantic 4-4-2 has been giving me many problems in putting it back together. Someone in the past has done some maintenance or repairs to it and now those repairs effect how I can disassemble and reassemble it. When I got it nothing was put together tightly all screws were loose so the gears would not turn the drive. I held the main castings together with the drive axle and gears in place and was able to turn the mechanism a few revolutions by hand. There is hope for the old rare locomotive to get it back and running. The drivers have been replaced with smaller ones by the previous owner and this was no small task to find smaller replacement drivers that fit this locomotive. This old locomotive is made with early plastic that becomes very brittle when the castings are thin like in the driver spoked centers and places where threads are in the plastic. Bake-O-Lite plastic was used in this locos manufacturing. The original castings were designed and made about 1950 by Rivarossi. The body with cab, frame, and front pilot all in appearance are very good as is the original paint. The lead and trailing truck are also good. I give it another try today to assemble it again.
frank
 
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Edited by - toptrain on April 28 2019 07:21:26 AM
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Posted - April 28 2019 : 2:32:57 PM
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| Good luck on #3000!
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Posted - April 28 2019 : 7:27:33 PM
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Posted - April 29 2019 : 12:56:35 PM
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some nice bits guys,mine is an athearn sd40-2 cp expo,not sure if the black chevrons on rear are a fault,as most athearns are black on rear not body colour as in front
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Posted - April 29 2019 : 5:04:12 PM
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Posted - April 29 2019 : 9:06:59 PM
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quote:Good luck on #3000!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â April 28 2019Â :Â 2:32:57 PM
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thank you chops
frank
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Posted - April 29 2019 : 10:31:56 PM
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Nice stuff, Guys! But that Expo CP Rail is awesome!!
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Posted - May 01 2019 : 02:31:14 AM
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Some tired out yellow box warriors showed up here recently, three different Athearn Hi-F locos from 1957. SP geep came in a box lot that I bought for other things, but turned out to be a pleasant surprise with all its small parts intact. Found the ATSF F7 and geep sitting together on the shelf at a local pawn shop yesterday and for $10 for the pair I figured it was worth giving them a home. The ATSF geep is the rarer original version with the stripes all the way up onto the cab and the "&" in "AT&SF". All three will get restored eventually.
Seeking a set of handrails for the ATSF geep. Thankfully I have plenty of replacement hi-f drive bands--in fact, if anyone needs some, lmk and I'll share.
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Posted - May 01 2019 : 12:52:01 PM
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| it might be a error or a 1st run & all the later ones have the correct Zebra Stripes
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Posted - May 01 2019 : 1:06:53 PM
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you might be right there ben,just a nice loco anyway
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Posted - May 02 2019 : 6:34:11 PM
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yup, first run. wonder if I'll run into any others like it...
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Posted - May 04 2019 : 8:23:23 PM
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Broadway Limited Paragon 2 RSD-15, seen here at my club giving a hornshow to a Ferrari.
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Posted - May 05 2019 : 12:38:39 AM
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| Great piece! I see the lights are on, it's underway. Where is your club?
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Posted - May 05 2019 : 2:46:18 PM
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Wyoming, Michigan. We meet every Thursday from 6 to 8.
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Posted - May 05 2019 : 5:39:19 PM
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quote:Wyoming, Michigan. We meet every Thursday from 6 to 8.
Originally posted by Robin2736Â -Â May 05 2019Â :Â 2:46:18 PM
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I near Wyoming!
the STATE of Wyoming 
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Posted - May 05 2019 : 11:26:55 PM
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How long your club been around? Fewer and fewer cities have
fixed model railroad clubs.
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