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 Posted - February 28 2011 : 2:45:31 PM
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Fine I'll start one with my 2 finds from Train Show Saturday 
This is a Bachmann SF dummy & it's lighted  $1
FINALLY got a Tyco GG1 cheap $15
yes both locos work & PRR GG1 has directional lights
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Posted - February 28 2011 : 2:49:24 PM
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duh never seen a dummy that dont work  apart from the human kind,my loco of the week a aristocraft frisco ken
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Posted - February 28 2011 : 8:00:50 PM
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 I'll post my IC U30B from Athearn
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Posted - March 01 2011 : 7:16:23 PM
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$40 General V&T loco 
& it DO run YAY! Tried it out by laying a straight track & pulling 3 Amtrak combines, the V&T flatcar & passenger car & also the 2 Frosted Flakes car without stopping
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Posted - March 02 2011 : 12:14:12 AM
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Mine is a walthers trainline alco FA1/FB1. They pull like monsters,the Fa I got as a gift when I was like 10. I found it in a box about 3 years ago in my parents basement when I got back into trains. Only problem was a broken horn, so I replaced both of em with brass ones. The FB I got on ebay still new sealed in the box for like 4 bucks SCORE. Hopefully I can find another AB to lash up with them and then I am setting my sights on a pair of PROTO 2000'S in PRR Brunswick Green.   
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Posted - March 02 2011 : 5:07:41 PM
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Nice find and good price for this one. The black ones are not easy to come by and yours is in good condition.
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Posted - March 02 2011 : 6:39:09 PM
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quote: The Buss said "$40 General V&T loco "
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Buss is that your first general? It is a nice one.
Frank
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Posted - March 02 2011 : 6:44:31 PM
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My loco for this week is The Triang CNJ EMD doublender. It has a TYCO drive.
toptrain
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Posted - March 02 2011 : 7:22:21 PM
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Yes Toptrain my 1st General but still OUCH on the $40 But it do run & has that funky motor smell to it Yuck The seller told me the guy would buy these & NEVER run them! Still $40 was a ouch
NYC - The GG1 runs too Same funky motor smell oh well both need abit of lube Also the springs that hold up the electrical shoes came off! but they & other loose parts are in a plastic bag 
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Posted - March 03 2011 : 11:35:31 PM
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quote:Mine is a walthers trainline alco FA1/FB1. They pull like monsters,the Fa I got as a gift when I was like 10. I found it in a box about 3 years ago in my parents basement when I got back into trains. Only problem was a broken horn, so I replaced both of em with brass ones. The FB I got on ebay still new sealed in the box for like 4 bucks SCORE. Hopefully I can find another AB to lash up with them and then I am setting my sights on a pair of PROTO 2000'S in PRR Brunswick Green.
Originally posted by Irishfirefighter1416Â -Â March 02 2011Â :Â 12:14:12 AM
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Damnit! I've been hunting a Trainline PRR FB unit forever haha. I do like how they run, very smooth for the price!
So now for a tale of two engines...
So at a show last year my friend bought the IHC Chessie SD24 you see in this picture. He got it for 20 bucks I think at a greenberg show? And there were more, and for some reason I passed on getting one myself. Time rolls by, IHC goes under and their take on the SD24 is usually a rare site at local shows. Making it worse was the fact I decided to start building a fleet of Chessie locomotives that never existed (since everyone and their mother used the Cheesie livery on something that they never owned in real life, why not collect them!). Low and behold IHC sorta opened their doors back up for business and had a few SD's left over to sell. My friend likes Chessie but is becoming a HUGE New York Central nut. I never even knew there was a NYC SD24 till I saw it on the site. So now, in a nice trade the Chessie now falls under my ownership and he gets a pretty sweet looking NYC unit out of the deal. We are both happy with how this worked out lol.
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