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 Posted - May 01 2011 : 07:31:57 AM
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my loco this week rivarossi 4-6-2 heavy pacific,ken
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Posted - May 01 2011 : 11:23:48 AM
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Posted - May 01 2011 : 1:58:59 PM
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Hi All,
catfordken: That is one clean loco., looks heavy.
Dirtimus: Nice, Does it run well for you?
My loco. of the week is a Bachmann F9. It has 8 wheel pick up but only 4 wheel drive in the back. The shell is paper thin. On the plus side it runs well after some cleaning. I think this is the Bachmann set we picked up at a flea market years back that had been in a flood as the set box and contents was caked with mud. After getting it all cleaned up and looking it over, I don't believe it had ever been run. I like to work on these things so it was worth the 2 or 3 bucks we spent on the set.
Thanks for looking
Mike
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Posted - May 01 2011 : 3:03:57 PM
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Sweet stuff guys...
My Rivarossi Mallet...
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Posted - May 02 2011 : 12:27:43 PM
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| hi mytyco,not as heavy as mantua but for rivarossi yes it is ken
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Posted - May 03 2011 : 8:14:45 PM
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Here is my locomotive for the week.
A pair of Tyco GP20's in New York Central
frank
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Edited by - toptrain on May 03 2011 8:21:29 PM
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Posted - May 03 2011 : 9:29:25 PM
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Rolling out from under my Jeep's passenger seat ( literally, I forgot I had this one, or where I got it now, but when cleaning up the Jeep this past weekend, it was under the seat. Some train show I got it at, I guess ). Anyway, my first Hobbytown engine, missing truck side plates on opposite side, and the headlight area is melted, but otherwise not too bad a shape. Will test it out soon.
This beast is heavy, lots of metal ballast in that low-slung Hobbytown frame.
Jerry
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Posted - May 03 2011 : 10:28:29 PM
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Here's mine for the week, a 4-6-2 Heavy Pacific by AHM in the B&O George Washington style:
I picked this up yesterday, complete with its dusty box, at an antique store. My wife and I just stopped in to kill time. For $14, I decided to roll the dice and see if it ran. Of course, it didn't. It appears that the original owner tried to do some work on it, because the wheels and gears, etc, were all messed up. It was like they took it apart and didn't quite know how to put it together. The real problem was that the motor didn't work. It had some oily stuff on it, so I guess somebody got carried away with their oiling. I dropped in a CD motor, adjusted the wheels, and now it runs great and looks new. No light, but I'll deal with that later.
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Posted - May 04 2011 : 08:03:44 AM
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quote:Rolling out from under my Jeep's passenger seat ( literally, I forgot I had this one, or where I got it now, but when cleaning up the Jeep this past weekend, it was under the seat. Some train show I got it at, I guess ). Anyway, my first Hobbytown engine, missing truck side plates on opposite side, and the headlight area is melted, but otherwise not too bad a shape. Will test it out soon.
This beast is heavy, lots of metal ballast in that low-slung Hobbytown frame.
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â May 03 2011Â :Â 9:29:25 PM
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This looks like the Globe F7 body. They did fit the hobbytown drive. It is painted gold as Globe had painted theirs. The only other thing that cant be seen from this photo is how many headlights. Globe F7's had one. Athearn had 2, and latter on released a single light version.
frank
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Posted - May 04 2011 : 4:21:47 PM
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Here is my LOTW Which quite a few of you have bought the set Which was $20 or $30? 
Also heard this loco is not a good puller for some reason  I can tell it's light
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Posted - May 04 2011 : 4:40:49 PM
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| hi ben,they were $20 a real bargain,worth weighting it down a bit,ken
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Posted - May 04 2011 : 5:17:05 PM
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| yeah they are Ken but the set has no track Who needs it? Just more track to get rid of
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Posted - May 04 2011 : 10:43:38 PM
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quote:
This looks like the Globe F7 body. The only other thing...is how many headlights. Globe F7's had one. Athearn had 2, and latter on released a single light version.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - May 04 2011 : 08:03:44 AM
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Judging by some other F7s I looked at, and I found an Athearn F7 with the dual headlights in another post, this is a single headlight version, not the dual light. - Jerry -
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Posted - May 05 2011 : 10:55:24 PM
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My Loco of the week...
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Posted - May 07 2011 : 09:46:26 AM
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this one's mine, I had my kid brother snapshot and email it to me
SW-1 bought at a swap meet and customized for Pacific Electric
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - May 07 2011 : 11:14:59 PM
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Here she comes!
How odd! An exposed driveshaft links the driven wheels of this IHC Old Time American 4-4-0 to a tender mounted motor and while looking a trifle precarious, seems to work well enough. A charmer in all respects, for what early steamers lacked in power, they made up plenty with panache.
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Posted - September 04 2011 : 5:53:40 PM
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PACIFIC ELECTRIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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