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Is it a loco? It is cool, my Bachmann Trackster Jeep...
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Posted - October 10 2010 : 12:00:30 PM
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nice one shay love it,mine is a revell,which has a box full of ball bearings which is connected to the worm drive,and is supposed to give it a chuff chuff sound, ken
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Posted - October 10 2010 : 12:16:39 PM
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another I needs to find at show Them Tracksters Hope I get lucky 
I likes that loco ken & am 500 miles from Omaha too 
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Posted - October 10 2010 : 8:58:23 PM
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My 1961 Rivarossi B&O 0-4-0 Shifter with sprung trucks and ball bearing motor that I bought at a train show early this year.
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Posted - October 10 2010 : 10:28:42 PM
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Love the Tracksters. Wish I had some. Here's a Tyco that I got in an ebay lot this week. Can somebody tell me a little about it? I assume it's older.
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Posted - October 10 2010 : 11:58:06 PM
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Here's my new LifeLike docksider. It still isn't running very well, but it does look good.
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Posted - October 11 2010 : 04:12:57 AM
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Tracksters make me giggle 'cause they're quirky and cool. I like the little shifters and docksters to! For LOTW, I chose something as old as me:
The Alco Century Special! Smooth, quiet and powerful, this 8WD Mehano is none of those things. However, what's of most interest about the big 'n raucous Santa Fe Superfleet C628 is its inclusion among Tyco's last sets, replacing their own C630. Not Quite Tyko, I reckon.
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Posted - October 11 2010 : 06:31:47 AM
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hi b77 its a little six,about 1955,i have one but it does not have the full stops between the name tyco,and should be all diecast construction ken
http://www.hoseeker.net/tycoinformation/tycocatalog50page1.jpg
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Posted - October 11 2010 : 8:58:45 PM
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Since Ken showed his Penn Line connie last week. I will post my Penn Line E6 Atlantic. Factory Painted and lettered this week..  Carl
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Posted - October 12 2010 : 01:23:42 AM
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B77, I like that side tanker of yours. I've never seen one with full valve gear. Does anyone know if they were sold that way (either as RTR or kits), or was that someone's addition?
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Posted - October 12 2010 : 07:02:29 AM
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hi nickleplate this should help you with the valve gear question,ken
http://www.hoseeker.net/mantuainformation/mantuacatalog1960pg02.jpg
/tyco/forum/uploaded/catfordken/20101014104848_tyco.jpg
mine has seen better days but will not repaint it yet
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Posted - October 12 2010 : 3:29:09 PM
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Love all the small steamers this week! I always have a soft spot for the small engines. Probably why I've become a narrow gauge nut recently...
Here's one of mine outside during a photo-op several years ago:
Ken, how does the Revell saddletank run? I like the lines of those engines, but I worry if I got one I'd end up having to rebuild it or plop a new chassis underneath...
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Posted - October 12 2010 : 3:37:16 PM
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hi architrains,runs ok once you get the box of bearing balanced correctly on the worm drive,there is an adjustable screw with a spring on either end with box in centre,sounds complicated but once you take body off and look you will see what i mean,ken
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Posted - October 12 2010 : 4:01:36 PM
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Cool! Always wondered how that "box of rocks" worked.
Next time I see one on eBay I'll have to think a little more seriously about contemplating the possibility of maybe buying one...
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Posted - October 12 2010 : 11:05:52 PM
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Archi, here are some photos of my Revell 0-6-0 with the shell off.
The shaker is flicked by a cam on the center axle, just like the smoke unit plunger on the Tyco 2-8-0's. I keep it out of the loco, though, because the noise is ridiculous, and it causes uneven low speed performance and increased side rod wear. I've installed a can motor and added a wiper for the center insulated driver for better performance. This one had a weak Pittman style open frame motor that was too erratic.
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Posted - October 12 2010 : 11:13:20 PM
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Wow, that's quite a sound system.
Thanks for the info, catfordken. I thought that's what it was, it just looked too "new" at first. I'm slowly getting it running better. Right now it will run, but slow...so more cleaning and lube in the future. I'm still very happy since it was the "extra" in a box of BL2's that I got for five bucks.
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Posted - October 13 2010 : 09:15:17 AM
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A explination of the drive, chug, and smoke system on the revell 0-6-0t Omaha.
The Revell 0-6-0t Omaha and its operating features. This explanation is aimed at the chug sound producing device within the locomotive model. The smoke explanation is more basic.
This locomotive has both smoke and chugging sound made from two separate devices driven by a 12 volt electric motor that provides motion to the model.
Of the three axles in the drive, the rear axle is used as the driving axle. A geared connection here from the motor shafts worm gear to the axel mounted drive gear transfers motion from motor to axel to turn the rear axle. side rods connecting all three axels gives motion to the entire drive.
The center axel has a one tooth gear, a eccentric gear, that once a revolution of the axle come in contact with the chug sound producing unit. This chugger will work in either forward or reverse. This chugger slides on a front to rear horizontal shaft centered by springs. The chugger is a plastic box containing BB's, small steel balls. If shaken the device makes a sound like to a chug. The motion of the eccentric one tooth gear engages with the chugger moving it in one direction, forward or reverse until it loses contact with the chugger releasing it to be snapped back to center by the pressure of the springs, producing a single chug sound. This goes on and on with each revolution of the drive axels producing one chug sound for each revolution of the drive wheels. So here is a synchronized sound system producing one sound for one revolution of the drive wheels on the steam locomotive model train.
The smoke system is also a synchronized system producing a puff of smoke for each back and forth motion, of each piston connected main driving rod. There are two driving rods. One on each side so two puff of smoke are produced for each revolution of the drive wheels.
So why wasn't a second tooth added to the eccentric gear to produce a matching two chugs to two puffs of smoke?
frank
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Posted - October 13 2010 : 2:07:16 PM
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quote:Love the Tracksters. Wish I had some. Here's a Tyco that I got in an ebay lot this week. Can somebody tell me a little about it? I assume it's older.
Originally posted by burlington77Â -Â October 10 2010Â :Â 10:28:42 PM
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Your Tyco engine has the optional valve gear installed. Valve gear for the little and big sixes were available separtely. I don't remember if they were made by Mantua or Kemtron. You have a nice engine for your collection!
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Posted - October 13 2010 : 2:17:30 PM
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hi LIGuy45 like i said earlier,extra valve gear was made by mantua,although others may also have made extra valve gear kits ken
http://www.hoseeker.net/mantuainformation/mantuacatalog1960pg02.jpg
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Posted - October 13 2010 : 4:32:36 PM
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quote:
Here you see the Mantua valve gear thanks to Ken. Another company was Central Valley.
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Posted - October 14 2010 : 10:21:31 AM
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| Engines/Locos with the TYCO name on them I think pre-date 1961. The 0-6-0 you have is uncommon as I have seen only one other and I bought that at the Ag Hall train show a year ago. You rarely see them on Ebay.
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Posted - October 14 2010 : 10:50:31 AM
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While looking for another item I found I still had the 0-6-0T Booster with the T.Y.C.O. on the side with Full valve Gear... Carl
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Posted - October 14 2010 : 8:28:51 PM
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quote:Engines/Locos with the TYCO name on them I think pre-date 1961. The 0-6-0 you have is uncommon as I have seen only one other and I bought that at the Ag Hall train show a year ago. You rarely see them on Ebay.
Originally posted by AF Kid - October 14 2010 : 10:21:31 AM
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That's really cool to know, especially since I was actually bidding on the BL2s that came with it. Just shows there are still bargains on ebay.
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Posted - October 15 2010 : 11:38:31 AM
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Ken, I figured it must have been an add-on kit. It sure looks good with Walschaerts.
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Posted - October 15 2010 : 11:54:54 AM
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hi NickelPlate759 yardbird does the kit,if it fits the big six then it should be same as the mantua ones ken
M754 - Valve gear kit - Shifter, Big 6, Prairie
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Posted - October 16 2010 : 4:13:33 PM
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Ken, here's a Little Six that had a few more accessories added.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120631329911
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Posted - October 16 2010 : 4:42:31 PM
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| yeah saw that somewhere with regards to what it was worth,i personally think for the time spent and the cost of parts that sort of price is about right,lots of brass so to speak ken
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