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 Posted - January 06 2011 : 11:00:27 PM
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Thanks to you great people on this forum, my boyhood Chattanooga GP20 lives again with a Mantua MU motor. I still need a pair of side frames and I just noticed that the fuel tank pieces are missing from this engine. I wonder what year I took them off and lost them? I also have to repair a coupler, which is OK, I'll just upgrade to knuckles.
There's a train jamboree at the end of the month here. Maybe I'll find a donor engine.
Prior:
During:
To be continued ...
~ Dave
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Posted - January 07 2011 : 09:18:10 AM
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nice loco  Have the matching caboose?
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Posted - January 07 2011 : 10:01:34 AM
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Thanks! Yup, I have the whole set, but the caboose needs one set of railings and ladders. We'll see what I can find at this jamboree.
~ Dave
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Posted - January 07 2011 : 10:41:17 AM
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nice I got 2 different ones myself 
Also lately I been "canabalizing" my Santa Fe cabooses for the end pieces
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Posted - January 07 2011 : 10:55:22 AM
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Nice!
I just robbed my extra Santa Fe flats of their trucks to repair some of my box cars.
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Posted - January 07 2011 : 3:48:53 PM
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| one of my favorite gp-20s as the paint job stands out,i have one myself
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Posted - February 22 2011 : 4:37:15 PM
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Done, finally. One thing that I didn't count on was the Mantua GP20 rear trucks sit lower in the body than the PowerTorque GP20s. The rear coupler was rubbing on the body and the step plates were just about laying on the tracks. I also had to trim one side tab a little bit for it to snap into the slot.
To raise the body, I used two #6 washers as shims.
Next, to keep the truck centered, I cut a short piece of 1/8" brass tubing to be inserted into the center of the washers. I did file the tubing square and clean, not shown in the photo. I then needed a slightly longer #2 screw.
I got the side frames and fuel tanks from a junk engine at the show a few weeks ago. Now it has that classic Mantua motor sound that I remember! Maybe she'll run for another 34 years!
~ Dave
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Posted - February 22 2011 : 5:10:22 PM
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| nice to see a loco looking so nice and running as it was meant to,ken
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Posted - February 22 2011 : 5:22:39 PM
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Thank you sir!
When I install the LED lighting and upgrade the couplers, I'll take some additional detail photos in case someone else wants to do the same sort of re-motor and upgrades.
This was my first re-motor and I'm pretty happy with it 
~ Dave
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Posted - February 22 2011 : 6:16:58 PM
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I like how it looks with the black truck frames. Glad to hear you got another Tyco back on the rails! 
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Posted - December 26 2014 : 7:25:51 PM
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Still working in progress ... metal railings on both engine & dummy, with the exception of the rear of the dummy. It turns out I was short that railing and posts.
Anyone have a spare? If not, I'll have to find another donor engine.
Next, LED lighting.
~ Dave
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Posted - December 27 2014 : 12:40:45 AM
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Very nice set...now if we can just convince a shortline somewhere to paint one of their rebuilt GP-10s in to this color scheme that would be great! quote:Still working in progress ... metal railings on both engine & dummy, with the exception of the rear of the dummy. It turns out I was short that railing and posts.
Anyone have a spare? If not, I'll have to find another donor engine.
Next, LED lighting.
Originally posted by RDC1Â -Â December 26 2014Â :Â 7:25:51 PM
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