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 Posted - October 19 2019 : 9:58:11 PM
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Here's my LOTW offering:
Tyco MU-2 Chessie System C430 #4301 - got this one off of Ebay listed as "not working" for only $9.99, free shipping. It only needed some minor tuning-up, and it now runs awesome!
 
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Posted - October 19 2019 : 10:20:39 PM
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Keeping the diesel theme going. This a Tyco GP20 with the dynamic brake hatch.
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Posted - October 20 2019 : 2:43:19 PM
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My LOTW is an ATT (made by Triang/Hornby) H0 Santa Fe Budd RDC unit which I got along with a dummy RDC that I got in running condition for only $10. Aside from not being the biggest fan of my infamous "dead zone" (it still makes it through alright, just stutters a bit ), it runs like a champ. Quite nice for a 50 year old locomotive.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - October 20 2019 : 6:19:53 PM
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Whoa, Triang made that Budd? Way cool! A Life Like FP40H pokes around Armadilloville.
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Posted - October 20 2019 : 7:15:02 PM
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Whoa, Triang made that Budd? Way cool! A Life Like FP40H pokes around Armadilloville.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â October 20 2019Â :Â 6:19:53 PM
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Yeah, they did actually! The only real difference between the Budd RDC they made for Canada and the ones made for ATT (aside from the liveries, of course) was that they blotted out the "Triang" name on the bottom right above the label that says, "Built In Britain".
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
Edited by - kovacste000 on October 20 2019 7:15:38 PM
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Posted - October 21 2019 : 07:13:57 AM
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Kovacste; My findings are the same for any of by Triang made locomotives. Time and good friends have allowed me to get a few of their RDC's and with minimum servicing they do exactly as they were built to do. They cruise the layout with ease . I still have power and dummy sets of Reading and Chesapeake and Ohio . still Trains ars fun!
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Posted - October 21 2019 : 09:36:27 AM
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quote: quote:
Kovacste; My findings are the same for any of by Triang made locomotives. Time and good friends have allowed me to get a few of their RDC's and with minimum servicing they do exactly as they were built to do. They cruise the layout with ease . I still have power and dummy sets of Reading and Chesapeake and Ohio . still Trains ars fun!
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - October 21 2019 : 07:13:57 AM
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Yeah, these things are actually fairly well built. Again, the only problem with them is that they need at least two more pickups, but that’s not that big of a deal to me. I mean, they’re literally 50 years old, what do you expect? I am genuinely impressed with their performance, though, especially for the price. I didn’t have to do anything to get them running well unlike most engines I get at shows.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - October 26 2019 : 6:53:11 PM
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Posted - October 26 2019 : 8:05:10 PM
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Oooooh! Another Mike Strike!
Drool worthy.
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Posted - October 26 2019 : 8:52:41 PM
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quote: quote:
Whoa, Triang made that Budd? Way cool! A Life Like FP40H pokes around Armadilloville.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â October 20 2019Â :Â 6:19:53 PM
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Yeah, they did actually! The only real difference between the Budd RDC they made for Canada and the ones made for ATT (aside from the liveries, of course) was that they blotted out the "Triang" name on the bottom right above the label that says, "Built In Britain".
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â October 20 2019Â :Â 7:15:02 PM
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I also have an ATT RDC. It is a Northern Pacific. I have had it sine I was 10 or so....
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Posted - October 27 2019 : 12:03:42 AM
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