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I an going to re-do the cabs and walkways again. Even tho these will look good. I have another idea. Gonna try it. I wount be changing the Firebox area.
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Ok loco is coming out Ok, and I started on tender. It is a little over 3/4 " shorter. It is just glued together and no gap filling done yet. Proportions look OK. It will a nice Cameback tender. Those pieces laying on the table are what got cut out of the tender.
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** Doing research on these camelbacks is a time consuming thing. Looking for information on details for some things is easy, for others impossible. To get info on the interior of a CNJ camelback is not the easiest thing to do. There is none out there. The best I could do is call up a photo from North east rail of a owned photo and view it. Drawing out as much of the foggy information gained looking through a cab window. For the I-5, I will put some detail in this cab area. it won't be scale, and I am at times making thing up. I am using things from my parts as much as possible, so some things will be not so HO scale. Trying to match or make parts for this is expensive also. Cal Scale valves, and you get 4 of them, HO scale are $5.90. So 2 packs are almost $13.00. More details yesterday cost me $42.00. Plus a 1 hour drive each way to a hobby shop. The hidden things like gas and tolls. Never mind all the other stuff up to now.
* I put about 5 hours into the I-5 today. At least I still think it will come out Ok. I have my fingers crossed.
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Posted - March 05 2013 : 6:04:42 PM
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cool stuff 
I likes the GT boxcar, Burlington loco, GN cattle car & the Fruit Growers trailer
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Posted - March 05 2013 : 6:30:28 PM
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quote:cool stuff
I likes the GT boxcar, Burlington loco, GN cattle car & the Fruit Growers trailer
Originally posted by microbusss - March 05 2013 : 6:04:42 PM
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Hey Buss. The Gt box is a Lionel. GN cattle car is also Lionel. The trailer is either a cox trailer or a copy of one. The CB&Q is a parts engine.
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Posted - March 05 2013 : 11:45:05 PM
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Lionel? Darn Shoulda had you look for the AMF & Spalding boxcars 
Anything on the red caboose or is it blank?
When I go shows I look for made up railroad names 
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* A D&H Challenger came into town today heading for thePGW, Frankford Engine terminal. It is here for a evaluation for a possiable reabuild. It will have to waite for the Camelbacks being built.
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Posted - March 24 2013 : 4:38:34 PM
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CNJ I-5 camelback today.
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Posted - April 14 2013 : 12:53:03 PM
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* ANNA decapod camelback #412 in a good picture showing lots of detail. Look at he front tender truck. It is a powered booster truck. When moving, the side rod, counter weighted wheels spin and the rod rotates around, and around.
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Posted - April 14 2013 : 1:01:11 PM
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Here ANNA RR 2-8-0c #328 sits on a storage track awaiting a calll to duty. This a another of my sons kitbashings.
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Posted - April 14 2013 : 1:03:59 PM
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| great project frank and a great finish,ken
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Posted - April 14 2013 : 5:21:26 PM
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neat locos But what is the red Hi-railer? 
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| Where did you get the tender for your camelbacks? They look fantastic!
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Posted - April 15 2013 : 3:16:24 PM
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quote:Where did you get the tender for your camelbacks? They look fantastic!
Originally posted by LGLrr845Â -Â April 15 2013Â :Â 2:47:43 PM
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The 2-8-0c has a stock varney tender from the likes of a casey jones or Old Lady.
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Posted - April 15 2013 : 6:58:35 PM
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| And how about the tender for you CNJ Camelback?
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quote:And how about the tender for you CNJ Camelback?
Originally posted by LGLrr845Â -Â April 15 2013Â :Â 6:58:35 PM
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That tender is made by shortining the Bachmann tender for the reading I9 2-8-0. which is a camelback tender.
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Posted - April 17 2013 : 12:41:32 AM
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Frank, how did he make that booster truck? It doesn't look like the Franklin Booster that was on the IHB 0-8-0, which PSC made in kit form.
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quote:Frank, how did he make that booster truck? It doesn't look like the Franklin Booster that was on the IHB 0-8-0, which PSC made in kit form.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â April 17 2013Â :Â 12:41:32 AM
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steve scratch built the booster truck. He made one for eack of the 2-10-0 camelbacks.
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quote:
steve scratch built the booster truck. He made one for eack of the 2-10-0 camelbacks.
Originally posted by toptrain - April 24 2013 : 09:03:30 AM
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He did an excellent job. I'm not familiar with that style booster. Are there any prototype photos? I couldn't locate any.
I also like what your doing with your CamelBach. 
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Posted - April 26 2013 : 6:24:26 PM
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Nelson, prototype to what ? The decapod camelback? The booster truck?
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Posted - April 26 2013 : 6:26:29 PM
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quote:And how about the tender for you CNJ Camelback?
Originally posted by LGLrr845Â -Â April 15 2013Â :Â 6:58:35 PM
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My CNJ camelback is a shortened Backmann 2-8-0 tender. The one from the reading style 2-8-0.
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Posted - April 26 2013 : 9:47:13 PM
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quote:Nelson, prototype to what ? The decapod camelback? The booster truck?
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Pictures of that particular tender booster truck on a Camelback or any other. I've only seen the Franklin booster.
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Posted - April 27 2013 : 07:20:59 AM
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* I have no ides which particular booster truck it was nodeled after or how complete and accurate it is. Just that it looks nice.
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Posted - April 27 2013 : 08:01:15 AM
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Nelson in 1922 the D&H RR developed their own booster truck. It may have been the first. It looks alot like steves. The first one was put on a 2-8-0 camelback tender. Locomotive number 901.
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Posted - May 11 2013 : 4:28:43 PM
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*** Photos of trains from todays train show at Allentown PA.
** It was a good day. Some of the trains I got were are rarely seen at the same show never mind purchased by the same person. All were good buy's price wise. To get both gilbert 127 T&P gondolas, the gray and the green, on the same day was a stroke of good luck. I am amazed at the condition of the Fleischmann box and reefer for they look like they were just removed from their box in 1955.
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Merchants Square Mall, Allentown PA.
May 11 2-13
Akane brass 4-4-0
Mantua 4-4-0 V&T
Kadee 40 ton log car boxed
ATT old time coach, boxed
Thomas Ambrose Wine car 6 dome, boxed
Tyco B&O gondola 257602, gray, boxed
Gilbert # 520 Northwestern reefer, boxed
Gilbert # Pennsylvania RR die cast gondola 147313
Gilbert # 127 T&P gondola green
Gilbert # 127 T&P gondola Gray
Gilbert # 33620 caboose Wabash
Gilbert # 33217 covered hopper NYC green and white
Marx NH box car 40397
MARX Santa Fe box car SFRD 3281
Lionel # 0834 Poultry Dispatch Car
Lionel Schlitz beer reefer 8743
Fleischmann GM&O gondola 147352
Fleischmann B&O covered hopper 38170
Fleischmann Blatz Beer car URTX 1428
Fleischmann State of Main BAR 1427
Varney NYC covered hopper 880500
Varney T&P gondola 19463
ROCO C&O gondola 32905 black
Tyco PRR 4937 clearance car
A champ Loco tender
Tyco 4-4-0
Akane 4-4-0
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More photos
Varney, Texas & Pacific Gondola. ROCO, C&O gondola.
Gilbert, NYC covered hopper. Fleischmann, Blatz Beer reefer.
Marx, NH box car. Fleischmann B&O covered hopper.
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more photos
Lionel, poultry Car. Fleischmann, BAR box car.
Fleischmann, GM&O gondola. Tyco PRR clearance car. above is ATT Central Pacific old time Coach, boxed.
Lionel, Schlitz beer reefer. Marx Santa-Fe box car.
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more photos
Tyco, B&O gondola, GRAY. Varney, NYC covered hopper.
Kadee box , log car. Thomas box, 6 dome wine tank car.
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Posted - May 11 2013 : 7:37:59 PM
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nice finds! <3
I has a Tyco V&T General loco too Great find
Do want the Lionel poultry dispatch car someday
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Posted - May 12 2013 : 10:11:41 AM
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*** The " THOMAS TRAINS " Ambrose Wine 6 Dome Tank car. ***
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Posted - May 12 2013 : 10:13:13 AM
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*** The KADEE 40 TON LOG CAR". ***
don't just look here. I have put in 4 or 5 new posts yesterday and today. worth a look back, all are related to Merchants Square Mall show.
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Posted - May 12 2013 : 12:57:57 PM
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| hi frank i have a couple of those kadee log cars,prefer to the roundhouse ones ken
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Posted - May 12 2013 : 1:57:53 PM
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Ken the Roundhouse ones are more main line than the Kadee. Kadees are backwoods type. You cant just take some logs and tie them to a pair of trucks and go on the mainline with rope or chains holding everything together. I still like the Kadee for proper appearance for loggers. You can tie any size gog to them. Roundhouse only holds up to a certain size, About 5 or 6 inch.
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Posted - May 27 2013 : 11:45:50 PM
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nice finds but the BN is a WANT! 
its Burlington Northern actually, Frank
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Posted - May 28 2013 : 09:12:13 AM
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Today received from Railspec.
First is A Winton 2-6-6-6 missing front pilot truck, all main rods, all valve gear, tender, body doesn't mount to drive, steam pipe connection to rear set of cylinders. I am sure other stuff. All in all still looks OK!
Second Locomotive, Custom Brass, FP45 need front pilot repair. A Burlindton locomotive.
Third loco, Atlas, PRR FP45, front platform broken off.
Forth is a Rivarossi USRA 0-6-0, banged up. No tender!
fifth is a Aristo-Craft CB&Q 0-4-0. No tender!
None of these have been check if drives are running.
None are running at this time !
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* Yesterday a pair of Atlas Classic Lackawanna GP7 locomotives joined the roster. 951 and 954. As with all Atlas they should run just fine. Still haven't put them on the track yet. Soon!
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Posted - July 06 2013 : 4:22:40 PM
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Handsome units Frank.
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Posted - July 06 2013 : 10:28:58 PM
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None of the fancy 3 or 4 color paint. Just a working man's paint scheme. Back and yellow lettering.
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Posted - July 22 2013 : 5:44:40 PM
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That's a HAUL!
I got a Challenger sort of like that D&H one you pictured about a year ago..... the tender is a GREAT base model to make it a brass B&O KB-1 tender......The Challenger, well, that's what it is gonna be a KB-1, "2-6-6-4" wheel arrangement, on the B&O, was an ex. Seaboard locomotive.
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Do NOT try to Idiot-Proof anything!!!! God, will simply create a better......IDIOT!
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* John good luck with your conversion. I 'm not doing to much anymore. with the trains in the attic and no AC up there I just stay down stairs and spend time on the computer and take pictures of my trains. The English trains are back on the layout but to hot to run trains. It is raining right now and the attic is cool. My friend Bob came over and I work on a brass USRA 0-6-0 for him and got it together and running. He's going to make it a CNJ 0-6-0 switcher. It should look good for he is good with his air brush.
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Frank you and your son are true artists when it comes to detailing those locomotives.
Nice work.... as always...!!!
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Pete thanks for the Kind words. They are appreciated.
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** I got some trains yesterday from my friend Charlie. It was a visit which became ride around while Charlie was completing his wife's to do list. We went here and there dropped off stuff. Even had lunch. A nice day.
** Here are the trains.
* Penn Line F7A Southern Pacific # 5925 Bloody Nose paint. Not a SP fan but a Penn Line one.
Athearn 3 dome tank, all metal, Union Tank Car Co. UTLX 267. You dont see too many Athearn metal cars anymore.
Athearn 1 dome tank car, all Metal, Shell Oil Co. SCCX 2004. Again another metal car.
Silver Streak, Tank car, Matheson Alkali Works. GATX 1040. in original box. A cannadate for COTW.
Mantua, all metal gondola kit, original box.
Mantua all metal flat car.
Crown OK PRR Gondola # 357765 great condition, all original with sand load.
Riva Rossi USRA 0-6-0 CB&Q, loco only. Parts loco.
Athearn 5 window caboose with extra detail, ATSF #1997.
Large tender body for the Winton 2-6-6-6 and a 4 wheel truck.
Old Time, full baggage car, Made in Japan, International. With second parts car missing one side and roof. And a third parts car with only car floor, ends, and trucks. With the parts I have gotten previously I think I can put 3 cars back on the rails. Gonna make radial roofs for them so they look like old PRR baggage cars I have seen in a lot of old 1860 to 1880 photos.
A bunch of other use full parts.
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Some photos of the cars in previous post.
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Athearn all metal Shell tank car
Globe, Athearn all metal 3 dome tank car
Athearn ATSF caboose.
Crown PRR gondola
Penn Line SP F7A
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too hot upstairs? Maybe you needs a fan up there
Well you do have a awesome collection & layout
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| me to,just wondering what this guy ain`t gotken
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Ken I will never win the guy who dies with most trains. I wont be even in the running. Their are folks here that put me to shame. Ken, you yourself have a lot, and quality trains. I would like to find another Winton for parts. I sure need enough. When I think about what I can do with it and all these ideas fill my head. A few are pretty stupid but may actually work. it is what things look like when all together that counts.
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| hi frank totally agree ken
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** Building kit that need my attention. The first one is on the work bench now, all layed out and ready to put together.
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Posted - September 29 2013 : 1:38:35 PM
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I am back from the Wayne NJ train show. Maybe there were 10 HO dealers in a mainly Lionel O and Flier S train show. Those 10 dealers had many things I would have gotten, if when I looked in my pocket, money was there. One dealer had a collection of 1956 to 59 trains. At least 10 maybe 0ne less International brass locomotives. All unbuilt kits in original boxes. He had a large collection of Fleischmann from that time. Cars were in original boxes. He had 4 boxed sets. Two were fleischmann, one was the HObbyline Lehigh Valley passenger set, the forth set I cant remember what it was. He had a unboxed Santa Fe HObbyline set with a FM H-10-44 lowery diesel, Rock island silver box car, L&N flat car with 2 wood loads and a caboose, red, that Had HObbyline printed on it. Boxed penn line cars and the small diesel boxed. He had many other boxed unbuilt kits. Laconia, Roundhouse, HObbyline, Central valley, Aries models, gondolas flats and hoppers by Selley, Lots of stuff. The only thing he had I got was a Rivarossi Southern Pacific 4-4-2 #3000, the same one as sold in 1957 by Lionel.
photo of my stuff from the show.
frank
toptrain
" It's a Heck of a Day " !!!
Edited by - toptrain on December 11 2013 2:27:19 PM
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