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A Tyco loco for a change. This one came with hand rails from the factory all far as we can figure out and they're in the box.
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Posted - April 17 2011 : 6:14:16 PM
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nice loco,great condition,my loco(s)are a set i got very cheap,due to being hand painted,and missing the horns,but well happy as the a units are both roco powered units,ken
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Posted - April 17 2011 : 7:08:29 PM
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Thanks Ken. I'd be very happy with those RFs as well.
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Posted - April 17 2011 : 7:19:56 PM
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Picked this up yesterday at the last place one would expect to find a train
A Gun Show
OH and I got it for $ 5:00
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Posted - April 17 2011 : 7:30:33 PM
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| hi tjdreams,that was a real bargain,seller obviously did not watch telly,otherwise he would have asked a lot more,ken
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Posted - April 17 2011 : 7:58:56 PM
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quote:Picked this up yesterday at the last place one would expect to find a train
A Gun Show
OH and I got it for $ 5:00
Originally posted by tjdreams - April 17 2011 : 7:19:56 PM
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Been looking for that one...got the cars, not the engine...alas, sigh, groan...
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Posted - April 17 2011 : 9:00:18 PM
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 Here's my weekly contribution
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Posted - April 18 2011 : 12:28:04 AM
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catfordken, I'll see your Baldwins and raise you some Alcos 
Awhile back I posted the lead unit, a Walthers Trainline I got on sale. I was so pleased I began looking for a B-unit to go with it. Found one on Ebay, but I it came with another A-unit. Eh so be it, 3 of them doesn't hurt! Only thing that sucks was they were advertised as being boxed most their lives. A-unit has a bit of shell damage, nothing major. And the couplers on the B-unit were mangled a little. But other than that they run alright.
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Posted - April 18 2011 : 06:41:49 AM
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quote:Picked this up yesterday at the last place one would expect to find a train
A Gun Show
OH and I got it for $ 5:00
Originally posted by tjdreams - April 17 2011 : 7:19:56 PM
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Well, at least you didn't shoot a wad of money for it!  
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Posted - April 18 2011 : 08:58:50 AM
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Ahhh ! Being a Pennsy fan it is good to see Kenny and Chris posting the PRR workhorses. RF16's and FA1's were very bussy on the Pennsy. Very nice locomotives.
For this week here is one of my CNJ workhorses. A Alco RS4.
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Posted - April 19 2011 : 11:34:25 PM
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Proto 2000 Nyc FA2
 
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Posted - April 20 2011 : 11:04:52 PM
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I'll toss in a Mantua Classic logger
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Posted - April 22 2011 : 7:14:06 PM
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Just arrived in today's mail from eBay, a Roundhouse Powered Climax, un-built & undecorated. I popped one of the stack's on for the photo (there are 5 different stacks to choose from!) 
I can hardly wait to get her built and decorated, but I have some tweaking to do on the drive line. It's a noisy lil' brute, geared extremely low.
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Posted - April 23 2011 : 9:50:20 PM
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quote:Just arrived in today's mail from eBay, a Roundhouse Powered Climax, un-built & undecorated. I popped one of the stack's on for the photo (there are 5 different stacks to choose from!)
I can hardly wait to get her built and decorated, but I have some tweaking to do on the drive line. It's a noisy lil' brute, geared extremely low.
Originally posted by RDC1Â -Â April 22 2011Â :Â 7:14:06 PM
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I have two of those. If you find a way to quiet the drive line down let me know.
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Posted - April 23 2011 : 10:23:25 PM
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quote:
I have two of those. If you find a way to quiet the drive line down let me know.
Originally posted by tkruger - April 23 2011 : 9:50:20 PM
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I did manage to quiet it down a little bit. I completely disassembled the drive line and removed all of the flashing and lubed everything. I gave the inside of the plastic body a light coat of Plasti Dip rubberized plastic to stop the body rattles. I may try covering the motor with 1/16" sheet foam and see if that hides some of that mechanical sound. I'm not sure what to do about the universal joints, which I think most of the noise is coming from. I'd like to come up with a better joint system there to reduce the noise and also increase the turning radius.
I love this ugly little thing despite the noise because it has great electrical pickup and can haul a serious load up a pretty steep grade.
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Posted - April 24 2011 : 07:56:20 AM
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hi rdc1 if you scroll to bottom of link you will see setup for this and boxcab ken
http://www.nwsl.com/motors-power-drives/model-die-casting-roundhouse-locomotive-kits
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Posted - April 24 2011 : 11:52:43 AM
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Thanks Ken! I bookmarked that page for easy access.
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