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oh rats I forgot to include mine
I took a Santa Fe loco & had a friend help me switch chassis with this ICG loco
yes I no longer have this as it was sold off but I'll find another
the Santa Fe loco had directional lighting too! 
Also sent him a Bachmann ICG loco, Tyco caboose & a Tyco hi-cube boxcar too
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Posted - May 17 2021 : 11:07:42 AM
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quote:Always manage to forget something. Here are my two ICG boxcars.
Former damaged New Havens.
Originally posted by 430Hoarder - May 13 2021 : 3:45:32 PM
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Nice plugger repaints, I never got around to doing an IC or ICG version during my rebuild project.
Great work!
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| Wow!! Those really pop!
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Posted - May 31 2021 : 11:04:12 PM
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Nice 630 Microbusss. I have 3 icg i rebuilt.
Finally testors dullcote is available and it's back to work.
Here is another Amtrak gp-20, this one is different. The other was with champ decals and this one with walthers. The differences are with the longer logo and the numbers and small amtrak are blue not black. Also the handrail stanchions are not blackened.
Also getting around to finish the Magma Arizona r.r. . Here is a start.
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Posted - May 31 2021 : 11:42:00 PM
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| Whoaa!
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Posted - June 01 2021 : 11:08:59 AM
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quote:Nice 630 Microbusss. I have 3 icg i rebuilt
Originally posted by 430Hoarder - May 31 2021 : 11:04:12 PM
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thanks but I sold it 
ah well I'll find it & the other cars someday minus the caboose as I has THREE of them 
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Posted - June 01 2021 : 5:14:01 PM
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A few more finished this morning.
Above what i started with.
Will have the ore cars done later today and then on to the matching diesel.
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Posted - June 01 2021 : 6:43:04 PM
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Simply awesome!
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Posted - June 02 2021 : 12:54:36 AM
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Thanks RP model railroads.
As promised the two varney ore cars made to match the set.
The diesel and a few more boxcars to go.
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Posted - June 09 2021 : 10:39:14 AM
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The latest but not the greatest. Had problems with the thunderbird logo. A bachmann shell on athearn floor and trucks.
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Posted - June 09 2021 : 8:39:12 PM
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Cool
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Posted - June 10 2021 : 5:00:14 PM
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Thanks RP model railroads. Having problems with my diesel so i moved on to my second and last fifty foot boxcar for this set. Again bachmann and athearn.
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| Looks fine to me. We got PD here in El Paso.
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Posted - June 16 2021 : 2:43:31 PM
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Got bored waiting for the new decals to arrive. So i made a CP Rail boxcar. Formerly a GE boxcar that someone stripped and spray painted white.
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Posted - June 17 2021 : 12:01:17 AM
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Posted - June 17 2021 : 1:38:57 PM
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Thnaks chops124.
And TADA!!!!!!!!! this fought me every step of the way, but it is finally finished. My Magma Arizona diesel.
Based on this.
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That GP20 is AWESOME!
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Posted - June 18 2021 : 12:37:25 AM
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sez railroad may be revived in the future
all tracks intact but have EXEMPT on most crossings
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Posted - June 24 2021 : 8:55:24 PM
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sez, special economic zone? Had not heard of it.
Yet another boxcar for the MARR.
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Posted - June 27 2021 : 8:02:32 PM
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quote:sez, special economic zone? Had not heard of it.
Originally posted by 430Hoarder - June 24 2021 : 8:55:24 PM
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sez = says
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Posted - June 30 2021 : 4:20:12 PM
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Contrary to most of what i have posted most of my tyco mantua have had some kind of repair.
This is a Penn Central that was in dire need of being saved. Rusted stanchions, burned out bulb and also the obvious . Also dirt masquerading as weathering.
A little work and parts:
Another diesel saved.
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Posted - June 30 2021 : 9:54:17 PM
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Great save!
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Posted - July 02 2021 : 1:37:19 PM
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Thanks Robert. Heres another neat one. Looks like a Mantua can motor drive diesel. But I bought it cheap as it had a heavily damaged frame (pot metal). If I could not save the shell it was for parts. Except for a small break on the right side at the slot for the motor mount it was great so converted it to MU2.
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What a conversion! Can't beat those old MU-2's
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quote:What a conversion! Can't beat those old MU-2's
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What can anyone say to that except AMEN!!! If the power torque were better designed it would be my favorite but you just cannot destroy the MU-2.
Heres another save, a Santa Fe B unit. A bit dinged up and came with everything metal badly rusted except the tank but the steps were intact. I was able to save the sideframes and tada.
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Posted - July 13 2021 : 5:20:18 PM
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And here is an Athearn rotary sowplow. Purchased it damaged with missing parts. Had no front truck, flanger or rear coupler. The rear trucks had plastic wheels and there was no interior parts. Put metal wheelsets on and found a mantua motor that would work (probably not a good idea) cannot go over half speed even with all the weight i added or it tips over on a standard curve, but it does move fast even with it's three car consist.
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Nice work!
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Posted - July 13 2021 : 9:18:55 PM
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Just wondering out loud... Would that snowplow track better if you could reduce the two bends in your drive line tubing? I suspect there is pretty good resistance to motion with those bends.
IIRC, the front truck had wide axles (similar to the Hustler) and essentially a Hi-F rubber band drive to power the snow blade.
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Posted - July 13 2021 : 10:37:49 PM
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| The plow has no problem tracking in fact it is too powerful a motor that is the problem. There is no noticable resistance what so ever. The diesel runs smooth it runs fast even with it's three cars. And yes it is still rubber band run axles just like the hi-f. Modified of course.
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Posted - July 13 2021 : 11:29:34 PM
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Is it self propelled?
Usually in the full-sized world, a rotary snow plow uses its engine for nothing more than to run the snow thrower. It's usually pushed by a locomotive, which is generally moving it very slowly into the snow drifts.
https://youtu.be/hbLyXtzLX3I
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Posted - July 14 2021 : 06:43:21 AM
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| Yes scsshaggy it is self propelled. In my world an old plow was converted to diesel power in fact though it is not finished the second car is an old athearn 6 axle coal tender i converted to caryy diesel fuel. Will post a picture later.
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Posted - July 14 2021 : 3:03:51 PM
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scsshaggy saw the video last night. AWESOME
Here is the image of the consist, a bit dusty and still under construction.
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Posted - July 15 2021 : 12:59:24 PM
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this old pinback button I have is good advice
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Posted - July 15 2021 : 7:11:15 PM
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Now that puts a smile on the face.
Bringing something back from what would be the junkpile is where it's at. Almost everything I have has had some measure of repair or restore. Will post more as i sort through everything.
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Posted - August 02 2021 : 10:28:19 PM
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And on to another project. received these a week ago.
They were listed as non-running, easy fix. Just finished one and the other has been stripped and awaiting new paint.
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I saw those on Ebay. Glad that they went to a great home. That finished GP20 looks awesome!
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Posted - August 05 2021 : 2:09:09 PM
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| Thanks Chops and RP. Just cannot resist when someone says "non-running" and the price is right. the other diesel will eventually become a Victorian Railways but for now I am working on my Providence Worcester projects.
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Posted - August 05 2021 : 5:12:48 PM
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I'll be lookiting for these nonrunners on Saturday
oh um the Big Boy is on the move!
https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm
yes I did miss it & will miss it Saturday
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Posted - August 09 2021 : 2:02:18 PM
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Good luck Microbusss it is getting harder and harder to find a good deal.
Here is the start of the Providence Worcester line, the caboose. Next is the gp-20 and then the c430.
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Posted - August 09 2021 : 6:41:21 PM
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P&W. Now that is cool. I remember it as a little start up
hauling road salt from point A to B, over a very short
stretch of former B&M rail, maybe 20 miles at the inception?
I found it so odd that there was enough
money in hauling road salt to finance a ground up
short line. Out here, there is the Pecos Valley Southern,
running on track so ancient that the fireman stands on the
foot board to wave off the engineer if the track is broken.
Mostly frac sand, I believe.
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Great work on that caboose!
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Posted - August 10 2021 : 12:21:35 PM
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quote:
no nonrunners found & no I didn't miss the Big Boy YAY!
yep my fat self with the loco
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Posted - August 10 2021 : 12:43:23 PM
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quote:P&W. Now that is cool. I remember it as a little start up
hauling road salt from point A to B, over a very short
stretch of former B&M rail, maybe 20 miles at the inception?
I found it so odd that there was enough
money in hauling road salt to finance a ground up
short line. Out here, there is the Pecos Valley Southern,
running on track so ancient that the fireman stands on the
foot board to wave off the engineer if the track is broken.
Mostly frac sand, I believe.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â August 09 2021Â :Â 6:41:21 PM
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The Providence and Worcester dates back to nearly the beginning of railroading in the U.S. Way back when, it was leased to the New Haven for 99 years, but when the New Haven was incorporated into Penn Central, PW's owners sued and won its independence. It has grown a good bit since then.
Glenn
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quote: quote:P&W. Now that is cool. I remember it as a little start up
hauling road salt from point A to B, over a very short
stretch of former B&M rail, maybe 20 miles at the inception?
I found it so odd that there was enough
money in hauling road salt to finance a ground up
short line. Out here, there is the Pecos Valley Southern,
running on track so ancient that the fireman stands on the
foot board to wave off the engineer if the track is broken.
Mostly frac sand, I believe.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â August 09 2021Â :Â 6:41:21 PM
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The Providence and Worcester dates back to nearly the beginning of railroading in the U.S. Â Way back when, it was leased to the New Haven for 99 years, but when the New Haven was incorporated into Penn Central, PW's owners sued and won its independence. Â It has grown a good bit since then.
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yeah imagine if they didn't get Independence
they'd be dead & broke cause of the Penn Central merger failure
think I'd of done a BIGGER PW logo on that caboose 
Also its a G&W sub too
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Posted - August 10 2021 : 11:08:12 PM
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Thanks for some interesting info.
Microbusss the logo is the size Microscale made it. MC-4067. I can only assume it was made to the scale of the original diesels of 1982-1992. Still would be interesting to see it slightly larger.
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First I would like to thank New_York_Central and Admin for getting the forums back online. Must have been a good deal of work. Thank you.
Been busy since here are a few projects.
First is the Pov. Worc. Gp-20 to go with the caboose. It started with the diesel marked 1449 someone drilled holes in the front and back so I filled them with Vallejo plastic putty.
The D&H as posted previously alongside the Prov. Worcester.
Also Matching boxcar by roundhouse.
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Posted - September 22 2021 : 6:44:57 PM
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Wow, that is some impressive paint work. I really enjoy seeing the P&W.
I recall when it first came into existence, I believe it was a dedicated
short line using abandoned B&M tracks, and at the time its sole function
was delivery of road salt!
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Posted - September 22 2021 : 10:05:08 PM
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Incredible!
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Thanks Robert.
Thanks for the info Chops, been looking at the images on google but there is more reference on youtube. I am a novice on real world rail: did they carry salt in hoppers or something like a centerflow hopper? And though I would never call my work professional I like to think I do a pretty good job (48 years of experience helps). There are more works to post tomorrow, been busy while the site was down. Glad we're all back.
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