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I'm pretty much ignorant about diesel locomotives (don't know much about steam either). I bought a "junk lot" off eBay to get a tender I wanted and this diesel came along for the ride. I don't see a name (manufacturer or company) on it, but I haven't taken it apart yet. I found one similar on eBay, though numbered differently, but that one didn't show a manufacturer either. I can tell from the eBay photo of the other (much better condition) that the one I got is missing what seems to be a pretty good size weight on the bottom, along with an air tank, and maybe other things. It seems pretty much a "cheap" model, but I kinda dig what seems to be "old school" style on the cab. So . . . what is this thing? Thanks. Barry
    
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 3:35:13 PM
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Barry - that is an AHM RS-2
http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/ahmhoscalelocomotives/id31.html
scroll down and you'll see it. When running right they are excellent pullers. Great score.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 3:59:42 PM
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missing belly tank & has a hole near the cab but like JNXT nice score
Besides I buy a used loco not caring if it runs or not 
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 4:57:14 PM
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It's a Mehano. The fuel tanks are sometimes missing on these, but it would have the AHM logo on the bottom, plus RSO or Tempo (seemed to be names they went by back then), and/or Izola, I assume for the city in Yugoslavia. The lead goes in the center of the hood, with a small weight at the back.
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 6:24:15 PM
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| Hey thanks for the feedback guys. Anyone who wants this can have it; first to PM me with an address gets it. I think it has at least a couple good parts on it. If I were in to diesels, I'd get after it.
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 6:48:30 PM
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quote: That's what I was gonna say! To be honest, I like the looks of those things too, Barry.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 8:34:28 PM
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| I had an AHM RS2. Or 3..? It looks like that one... I do want to replace the one I had. It was a blue & yellow Santa Fe...
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 11:00:27 PM
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| It's going to Ben. He was the quickest on the draw.
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Posted - September 11 2014 : 10:34:18 AM
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quote:It's going to Ben. He was the quickest on the draw.
Originally posted by Barry - September 10 2014 : 11:00:27 PM
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mine now MUHAHAHA
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Posted - September 11 2014 : 12:16:36 PM
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| Looks like an early version with vertical armature motor. Later ones have the same guts as the GP18, which seems ot be the first with a conventional motor layout and worm gear driven trucks at both ends.
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Posted - September 11 2014 : 7:50:42 PM
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| It did have a vertical motor and an interesting gear box with an adjustable gear ratio maybe (e.g., if you switch position of one set of wheels with a gear); plus the box seemed pretty tight that grease wouldn't get all over. Motor design seemed a bit shaky.
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Posted - September 12 2014 : 12:53:24 AM
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The motor is a coffee grinder, and early ones had a tendency for the windings to short against the armature laminations. The idler & axle gears are all the same, 11T IIRC. They run very smoothly with a can transplant.
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 Posted - September 15 2014 : 12:20:11 PM
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I got it!
of course it took the STUPID way around! 
this is NOT saving money, USPS
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Posted - September 15 2014 : 2:07:41 PM
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quote:
This is NOT saving money, USPS.
Originally posted by microbusss - September 15 2014 : 12:20:11 PM
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Consider the Federal Express model where every package goes by way of Memphis. It seems wasteful and expensive until you figure that a package is thus handled as little as possible. Handling is more expensive than a few extra miles on a package.
In the USPS Manitou Springs to Aurora to Omaha to North Platte to Scotts Bluff scheme, packages are being sorted and routed in a hub and spoke arrangement that requires minimal handling and a sort of carpooling efficiency that allows them to share the ride with other packages heading in a similar direction. It seems funny from one package's perspective, but makes more sense in the context of all the packages.
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Posted - September 15 2014 : 3:53:23 PM
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ok shaggy Do the route on a map
you will see the mail truck SKIPPED North Platte via I-76 to I-80 to Omaha
900 miles for a route that is what? 300 miles from Manitou Springs to MY hose? jeeeez 
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Posted - September 15 2014 : 7:49:07 PM
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I can see it now. A big semi truck full of mail pulls up in front of your house and the driver digs through about half a trailer load to find your package and leaves it for you. Then, he goes three blocks down and repeats the process. This continues all the way to Omaha. Each package went the shortest way and no package asked, "are we almost there yet?" On the other hand, the process took about 5 months and tied up the truck for the entire time.
There's always a truck making the rounds in Manitou Springs, so your package just rode along. There's always a truck from Manitou to the Aurora sorting center. There's always a truck from Aurora to Omaha (but not from Aurora to anywhere else in Nebraska). There's always a truck from Omaha to North Platte and a truck from North Platte to Scotts Bluff. Again your package rode along. Anything else would be a special trip and that's expensive!
So, why not a truck from Aurora to North Platte? There's probably not a whole truck load of mail going that way.
And anyway, it didn't have to go all the way to Memphis as FedEx does.
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Posted - September 16 2014 : 6:29:00 PM
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FYI Scottsbluff is ONE word
The county & Monument is 2
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Posted - September 16 2014 : 7:46:21 PM
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quote:FYI Scottsbluff is ONE word
The county & Monument is 2
Originally posted by microbusss - September 16 2014 : 6:29:00 PM
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THE INFORMER.....
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 04 2021 : 11:20:00 AM
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Nice Erie Lackawanna engine Barry. Brings back memories.
Not my video.
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 Posted - March 04 2021 : 11:30:54 AM
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My HO Bachmann engine.
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Posted - March 04 2021 : 9:37:07 PM
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hmm I forgot what I did with that loco  
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Posted - March 06 2021 : 08:14:06 AM
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Here is a GP-7 in Lackawanna.
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