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 Posted - October 15 2006 : 04:43:18 AM
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hi guys this loco appeared on ebay uk today,says it is an alm which is a name new to me ken
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 Posted - October 15 2006 : 09:42:48 AM
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Hi Ken. The engine is an AHM not alm. It is a Plymouth MDT
Industrial Switcher Catalog # 5001I.
You do not see too many Penn Central. Looks like he added some additional detail. Carl
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 Posted - October 15 2006 : 10:17:05 AM
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| cheers for info carl i know of ahm just did not connect,as he said made in yugoslavia i should have clocked it ken
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 Posted - November 07 2020 : 09:59:00 AM
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An item for Penn Central fans to look for.
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Posted - November 07 2020 : 3:43:37 PM
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That is a neat piece, but my ALM days, er AHM, are over. Too many
split gears, and when they do run, the motion is so choppy as to be
unusable. Having said that, RP has done a fine job coaxing some
life out of them.
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Posted - November 07 2020 : 9:52:20 PM
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quote:That is a neat piece, but my ALM days, er AHM, are over. Too many
split gears, and when they do run, the motion is so choppy as to be
unusable. Having said that, RP has done a fine job coaxing some
life out of them.
Originally posted by Chops124-November 07 2020: 3:43:37 PM
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I don't know what's up with some of y'all.  I have a bunch of old Bachmanns and AHMs and they run VERY reliably well. In fact, the only gear problems I've ever had in my years of collecting old trains have been Tyco PT pinon gears. Am I lucky, or is it just that all of the HO-Scale locomotives that end up in my possession essentially "retire" to hauling 10 car-max trains around the Ephrata Valley Railroad or relaxing on a shelf until the next operating session. They're so lucky. 
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Posted - November 07 2020 : 10:00:15 PM
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| my ahm c-liner works great!
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Posted - November 07 2020 : 10:17:55 PM
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It'd be hard to make a general statement about AHM equipment. It was made by a number of manufacturers, probably with some better than others. The steam engines were Rivarossi and had metal gears, so no split gears, there. I know there was some Mehano stuff and what little Mehano I've had has held together. On the other hand, Chops' experience has been real, too. Since AHM is Associated Hobby Manufacturers (plural) I imagine consistency across all of them is hard to assume.
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 08:36:42 AM
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quote:It'd be hard to make a general statement about AHM equipment. It was made by a number of manufacturers, probably with some better than others. The steam engines were Rivarossi and had metal gears, so no split gears, there. I know there was some Mehano stuff and what little Mehano I've had has held together. On the other hand, Chops' experience has been real, too. Since AHM is Associated Hobby Manufacturers (plural) I imagine consistency across all of them is hard to assume.
Originally posted by scsshaggy-November 07 2020: 10:17:55 PM
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True
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 09:27:02 AM
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| yes very true
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