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Lots of color! A Tyco Bicentennial F-unit emerges from the tunnel with a Tyco Chessie trailing. Local animals don't seem impressed. On a nearby track is a British Railways Inter-City train....Is this England with American visitors, or is this a British invasion of America??
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Posted - December 14 2008 : 10:25:45 PM
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Cool pic...
Mine is the head end power on my Christmas layout...pick one for your LotW
A Mehano Southern 4-6-2
A Marklin HR800 4-6-2 O1
An Atlas GP-40
or Thomas...
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Posted - December 14 2008 : 11:29:15 PM
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Bachmann AA DCC Sharks
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Posted - December 15 2008 : 01:20:48 AM
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Shaygetz,
I pick the Marklin loco.
That's one sweet piece of metal.
Carl T.
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Posted - December 15 2008 : 01:37:42 AM
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British invasion? Here it is....
Class 86 electric in classic blue!
Martin
http://mmiwakoh.de/Eigene%20Webs/lima-modellbahn/index.htm
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Posted - December 15 2008 : 01:39:49 AM
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Martin,
Is the lok made by Hornby?
Carl T.
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Posted - December 15 2008 : 12:29:05 PM
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hi carl.t i think this leek will answer your question,hope you do not mind me answering martin
ken
http://www.hornby.com/locomotives-89/r2755/product.html
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Posted - December 15 2008 : 12:32:40 PM
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my latest absoloutly mint,delaware &hudson pa1 just need a pb1 ken
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Posted - December 15 2008 : 5:16:57 PM
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I almost bought a PA in Delaware and Hudson paint once, although it didn't look quite that shiny! 
    
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Posted - December 15 2008 : 5:56:37 PM
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My latest find - found in a LHS after soooooo many failures on the bay:
(Yes, I have to set-up photos on my tinplate layout for now - a combined OO/HO layout is in the works though)
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Posted - December 15 2008 : 9:19:26 PM
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quote:Shaygetz,
I pick the Marklin loco.
That's one sweet piece of metal.
Carl T.
Originally posted by choochin3-December 15 2008: 01:20:48 AM
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Would you believe the road to owning that started with, "Hey Bob, you want this box of European junk? I'm just gonna toss it..."
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Posted - December 15 2008 : 11:24:19 PM
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Here's my Mantua Classics 0-6-0 looking like it's doing 60mph:
The "pan shot" effect was completely by accident--my hand slipped when I snapped the pic in just the right way to follow the engine.
--Rio Grande--Thru the Rockies
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Posted - December 16 2008 : 08:21:37 AM
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| I hope his hat is on tight. It looks like it could blow off any time.
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Posted - December 16 2008 : 5:48:43 PM
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Very cool look for a mistake!
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Posted - December 16 2008 : 7:26:43 PM
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| Awesome pic! The Big Boy and Challenger have nothing on this little guy!
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Posted - December 16 2008 : 8:30:17 PM
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Wow, that's incredible for a mistake. You even got her with the rods down!
It reminds me of this guy's panning shots. And I always thought it required a lot of work. 
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=255401&nseq=1
The Tyco Depot
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Posted - December 16 2008 : 8:51:28 PM
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Here's mine for this week, a Cox F-3 in U.S. Army livery.
The shell has some nice little details that help it stand out from the general F-unit crowd.
Like these grilles on top...
...or the hinges on the portholes.
I had fixed this loco for my history teacher, but when I mentioned it was a poor performer, he said I could just take it.
I really like it, so I took it home, hooked it up to a string of freight cars...and it reminded me of just how poorly it runs. 
Looks like I'll be rebuilding it again, hopefully an improvement will be made. 
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Posted - December 16 2008 : 11:33:22 PM
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| The vents on the roof are for the dynamic brakes. Subsequent E/F units (4+) saw the introduction of the ubiquitous fan.
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Posted - December 17 2008 : 12:21:55 AM
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Here's another Cox F3.
This one runs about the same as the MU-2 Tyco locos.
Ray
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Posted - December 17 2008 : 4:30:07 PM
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Here is my LOTW. I have just picked this up after looking for a while.
Mike
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Posted - December 17 2008 : 4:58:11 PM
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My new STAR OF THE RAILS is Lionels 0545. The Erie Centercab diesel
toptrain
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Posted - December 17 2008 : 5:01:16 PM
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[quote]Here's mine for this week, a Cox F-3 in U.S. Army livery.
Got to get some plastic sergery done to that nose. It needs a nose job.
frank
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Posted - December 17 2008 : 5:05:19 PM
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I need a donor first...
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Posted - December 17 2008 : 6:44:55 PM
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quote:
It was a lot of work the rest of the evening trying to duplicate it scientifically but no luck. A model engine is just too small to keep a good target on.  Oh well, good excuse to go train watching!
That link is one cool picture.
--Rio Grande--Thru the Rockies
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Posted - December 19 2008 : 3:23:00 PM
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| did the army ever have these or just fictional ken
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Posted - December 19 2008 : 3:36:14 PM
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Hey Ken,
Man that is one sweeeeeeeeeeeet D&H PA1.
Mike
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Posted - December 19 2008 : 3:45:47 PM
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| yes mike got it on uk ebay,never used,assembled,and it runs sweet,just need pb1
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Posted - December 20 2008 : 11:13:22 AM
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Just posted this on another thread--thought I'd throw it in to finish up this week's LOTW also. Mantua 2-8-2 Mikado, Great Northern. Still in shrink-wrap....Oh the great quandry! To run and have fun, or to leave sealed and mint?!!!
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Posted - December 20 2008 : 12:57:27 PM
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Here is mine, Vintage Marklin V200 diesel, prototype built by Krauss Maffei, twin Maybach V12 diesel engines. Several are preserved in Germany and still run on occasion.
Still NT's, I have Aspergers.
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Posted - December 20 2008 : 1:36:58 PM
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quote:Oh the great quandry! To run and have fun, or to leave sealed and mint?!!!
Originally posted by Adams-December 20 2008: 11:13:22 AM
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What...are you kidding? Pull that booger out and run it
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Posted - December 27 2008 : 06:43:25 AM
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this is an american invasion on a european layout!
Austrian 2016, German V221, U.S. FT, German VT11,5
hope you like this mixture! erich
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