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 Posted - June 18 2009 : 11:06:20 PM
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Posted - June 19 2009 : 08:22:44 AM
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Me too! Nice ones there Mike. I've always like the 628 demonstrator.
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Posted - June 19 2009 : 12:09:06 PM
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I have 3 of those that I have stripped and ready to build.
One is going to be converted to a low nose C630.
I also want to build a hi hood C630 with the Athearn FM trucks.
I have a few RS3 projects also. An old MDC that I need trucks for, a couple Atlas shells, a plastic Hobbytown and a Stewart shell.
I also have a Mehano RS2 and C415 to do.
Guess I need to get to work.
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Posted - June 19 2009 : 2:22:06 PM
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I have a low nose 630 Tyco I've converted but not painted and the high hood went on a 430 to become a 425 looking Mantua Tyco shell. One RS2 with the Hammerhead added and several RS11s that havwe only been fiddled with. I had to repower an RS11.
Last eve I put the running gear of a GP20 into a So76 shell. It had Alco frames on the power truck but EMD on the rear that I think I'll switch and restore a bit.
"When you say Alco, you've said American!"
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Posted - June 20 2009 : 11:09:23 AM
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i would like to see the 430 with the high hood. i'm going to do one myself. care to post a few pictures? where & how did you cut it?
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Posted - June 20 2009 : 12:32:42 PM
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Here's a pic of the 430 shell. I think some modelers cut the whole cab and nose. I sliced off the front of the cab. I taped it to give me a guide line. I'm currently stalled on this project.
I'm trying to make it look more like a 425. I moved the trucks inward for a more proto appearance. The shell is too long for a C425 but I think it's close enough with some other changes.
This was posted at "In Progress" under Kitbashing and Customizing.
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Posted - June 20 2009 : 11:50:53 PM
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| My low nosed C630 is waiting for an opening in the paint shop. I've been working on a hi-nosed C628 ala C&NW. And I'm ready to start an RSD-12. Not that any will get done soon. The paint shop is booked solid to at least December!
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Posted - June 21 2009 : 10:06:58 AM
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Some more Alco's...
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Posted - June 21 2009 : 10:14:03 AM
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Couple more...
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Posted - June 21 2009 : 4:37:05 PM
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| High Nose C430! AlcoFan, paint it Southern. I know they didn't have one, but they should have.
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Posted - June 21 2009 : 7:51:41 PM
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This Alco thread includes the steam trains Alco made too Alco = American Locomotive COmpany 
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Posted - June 21 2009 : 10:28:12 PM
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Took a shot today just for this thread. To bad the head on shot came out blurry.
Left to right.
Atlas C424 PRR
Tyco C630 NW
Atlas RS-1 PRR
Last two are Atlas RS-3's in PRR with sequential road numbers.
The Tyco & RS-3 twins are mine, others are my friends. All the Atlas ones are Kato drives and run like you wouldn't believe. The Tyco runs if you believe it can lol
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Posted - June 21 2009 : 10:37:30 PM
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Nice group Chris C...
I am in the middle of building a roundhouse too!
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Posted - June 22 2009 : 11:00:48 AM
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Wow, those Atlas RS guys are beautiful! 
Nice joke too, haha! 
    
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Posted - June 23 2009 : 5:54:14 PM
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CN RS-2 by AHM RSO...
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Posted - June 23 2009 : 7:33:19 PM
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Chris the Tyco Super 630 is really sharp!
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Posted - June 23 2009 : 8:10:28 PM
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quote:/tyco/forum/uploaded/mike/RS-2.jpg
CN RS-2 by AHM RSO...
Mike
Originally posted by Mike-June 23 2009: 5:54:14 PM
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You know Mike, that's what this looked like originally!
I've since put in windows made of wax paper so they look frosted and old.
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Posted - June 24 2009 : 1:29:09 PM
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quote:Chris the Tyco Super 630 is really sharp!
Originally posted by Alco Fan-June 23 2009: 7:33:19 PM
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As usual I can't take credit for doing that. Mine is a cheap knock off compared to Tonys!
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=716
I just did mine because I had the paint & NW decals laying around, I figured why not haha.
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Posted - June 24 2009 : 2:26:53 PM
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A couple more Alcos.
The first is a Mehano dual drive RS11 I modified.
Next is a plastic Hobbytown RS3.
Ray
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Posted - June 24 2009 : 2:39:21 PM
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Here's an AHM single truck drive RS2 that I rebuilt into an RS3.
A low nose C630.
Ray
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Posted - June 25 2009 : 11:38:43 AM
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Here is a project for those of you who have one of those old Model Power C628 in demo colors. Especially if the paint is already toast.
The photo caption says:
"Still wearing Alco demonstrator colors, but with Southern Pacific markings and road number, 4871 is seen at Milpitas, Calif., on August 20, 1965."
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Posted - June 25 2009 : 10:06:33 PM
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Here are some of my Alcos:
AHM C628
IHC C628
C630 kitbash
IHC C430. The fuel tank was made by Alco Fan!
AHM C424
A pair of MRC/Lima C420s
IHC C415
AHM RS-2
Model Power FA-2
Edited by - Hypoponera on June 26 2009 11:16:27 AM
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Posted - June 26 2009 : 02:35:39 AM
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These are Train Miniature FA and FBs.
Ray
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Posted - June 26 2009 : 02:40:56 AM
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A P2K PA and PB.
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Posted - June 26 2009 : 07:11:41 AM
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I have enjoyed this posting. A very interesting group of Alcos and terrific custom work, artistry and engineering to Mike, Ray, MM and Chris.
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Edited by - Alco Fan on June 26 2009 07:22:09 AM
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Posted - June 26 2009 : 09:04:50 AM
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| I'm waiting for someone to start a all inclusive F-unit thread. Right now we have at least 6 or 7 different roadnames and way to many units hanging around lol. They are my next roundtable shot, but I think I need to get the wide angle lens to fit them all in.
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Posted - June 26 2009 : 10:13:38 AM
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Well, here's my only other Alco other than the beat up RS-2 I have. My Athearn PA.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/MM 1498/IMG_1693.jpg
EDIT:After checking this post over for spelling mistakes, etc., I realized just how much I love that shot. I was using the Foliage preset on my camera, so I guess that's why it appears so soft and warm.
Oh, and here's what the windows on the RS-2 look like now.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/MM 1498/IMG_1690.jpg
By the way Chris, there is an F-unit thread already:
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7074
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Posted - June 26 2009 : 10:45:26 AM
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True Matt, but all of our F-units are non-Tyco and Mantra so I wasn't going to start crashing the party with some of the P2K and Athern Gensis units  Though my life-like Chessie still makes the cut
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Posted - June 26 2009 : 10:58:20 AM
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This is a custom painted Canadiana C430 Alco. It is a former red box SF shell and MU2 power from a GP20. Just finished minutes before it was posted. I should have used a red box in the background instead of a brown one.
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Posted - June 26 2009 : 11:20:15 AM
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| Very good paint job Alco Fan! You need to include your self on the customizing list. You did that C430 and the fuel tank on mine. Both good jobs indeed!
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Posted - June 26 2009 : 1:23:00 PM
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| What? no one has ANY ALCO steamies?? thought for sure someone did!
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Posted - June 27 2009 : 01:55:03 AM
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Hello,
no steamies, but an export type:
Alco DL500 (double ender), Spanish Railways RENFE, model by Lima
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http://mmiwakoh.de/Eigene%20Webs/lima-modellbahn/index.htm
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Posted - June 27 2009 : 09:04:21 AM
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Very interesting Martin.
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Posted - June 28 2009 : 2:19:20 PM
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Same type is in use in Australia and Argentina.
Martin
http://mmiwakoh.de/Eigene%20Webs/lima-modellbahn/index.htm
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 Posted - November 03 2020 : 10:00:53 AM
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Alco heaven. Nice photos.
My N scale Alco model Long Island Railroad C420.
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Posted - November 03 2020 : 10:04:06 AM
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My favorite ALCO C430, by Tyco - the Santa Fe "Yellow Bonnet".
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