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This is a recent find at a train show. It's a Cox GP9 and it's NOS/MIB. If you haven't run one of these they really sound and are engineered similar to the MU2 GP20s, even with a similar growl as they run at slow speeds. Nice paint and stamped metal handrails.
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Posted - May 15 2010 : 07:23:58 AM
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my one this week has got to be the t1 really pleased with it,more so as its the early 2 motor version,ken
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Posted - May 15 2010 : 07:49:47 AM
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I likes that T1 ken But I think they could of made it into a 4-8-4 instead Unless the PRR has tighter curves than the West do 
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Posted - May 16 2010 : 10:16:57 AM
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Got this Mountain last week. Bachmann Spectrum with DCC and Sound. - Erich
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Posted - May 16 2010 : 10:38:02 AM
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| nice one erich hows it pull,ken
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Posted - May 16 2010 : 10:50:05 AM
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| I had a Bowser T! that ran well but it yawed from side to side - waddled like a duck. I understand the real ones did the same thing. That's a nice looking model of an interesting locomotive.
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Posted - May 16 2010 : 10:59:22 AM
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quote:nice one erich hows it pull,ken
Originally posted by catfordken - May 16 2010 : 10:38:02 AM
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Have not testet its pulling power, but I think it will pull well with the extra weight of the diecast Boiler.  - Erich
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Posted - May 16 2010 : 11:05:11 AM
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quote:I had a Bowser T! that ran well but it yawed from side to side - waddled like a duck. I understand the real ones did the same thing. That's a nice looking model of an interesting locomotive.
Originally posted by LIGuy45Â -Â May 16 2010Â :Â 10:50:05 AM
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Mine runs straight no ducking, how does yours Ken? - Erich
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Posted - May 16 2010 : 11:08:07 AM
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| sweet as a nut,no rock and rolling here,its all to do with setup,ken
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Posted - May 16 2010 : 8:40:27 PM
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My loco is more in line with Alco Fan's. Here's a Life Like GP38-2 from the last flea market:
This looks like it was never run, but it was in an older box with a caboose. Runs great...or as great as any Life-Like.
The only thing I don't like is the sticker on the nose--it's printed rather "chunky" and isn't quite straight.
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Posted - May 17 2010 : 12:47:08 AM
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Interesting find, Alco Fan. Do you have a shot of that GP9 with the shell off? I'm curious what the motor & drive look like.
quote:my one this week has got to be the t1 really pleased with it,more so as its the early 2 motor version,ken
Originally posted by catfordken - May 15 2010 : 07:23:58 AM
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Nice acquisition, Ken. You have some stumps in the yard that need pulling? 
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Posted - May 18 2010 : 05:55:38 AM
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NKP,, No I haven't taken it apart yet but it has a front mounted cast bogey in similar fashion to the MU2 and a separate rear bogey. It also has slots on the side like tycos and made in Hong Kong. It's not a copy but just close in engineering.
Burlington 77, Thanks for showing your LL Geep, gotta love the war bonnet.
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Posted - May 20 2010 : 11:53:23 AM
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Tony cook has some good info on that Cox GP9m. Seems Cox took an Athearn GP7/9 and gave it a chop-nose. That is why it is a wide body ala early Athearn locos. Odd that Cox oppted not to use the Athearn frame/mechanism. I have cut down an AHM GP18 chassis to fit under the Cox shell.
I think the cox shell was "borrowed" on more then one occassion. I think the Walthers GP9m and the same loco from Model Power are VERY similiar to the Cox shell.
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